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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 505 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEVECHE , the name given to the dry hot See also:

SIROCCO

sirocco See also:

WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind in See also:

Spain; often incorrectly called the " solano." The direction of the Leveche is mostly from S.E., S. or S.W., and it occurs along the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast from Cabo de Gata to Cabo de Nao, and even beyond See also:

MALAGA

Malaga for a distance of some 10 m. inland.

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