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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 617 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LOCAL

local 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 similar to the See also:

BORA

bora (q.v.), met with on the See also:

French Mediterranean See also:

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

coast. The warm Gulf of the See also:

Lion (Golfe du Lion) has to the See also:

north the See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold central See also:

plateau of See also:

France, which during See also:

winter is commonly a centre of high barometric pressure, and the resulting pressure gradient causes persistent currents of cold dry See also:

air from the north-See also:

west in the intermediate See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone. The mistral occurs along the coast from the mouth of the See also:

EBRO (anc. Iberus or Hiberus)

Ebro to the Gulf of See also:

GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, but attains greatest strength and frequency in See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence and See also:

LANGUEDOC

Languedoc, i.e. the See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

Rhone See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta, where it blows on an See also:

AVERAGE

average one See also:

day out of two; the See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record at See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles is 175 days in the See also:

YEAR

year. It is usually associated with cloudless skies and brilliant See also:

sun-shine, intense dryness and piercing cold. With the passage of a See also:

CYCLONE (Gr. KVKAwv, whirling, from KbK)^os, a circle)

cyclone over the gulf, or a rapid rise of pressure following a fall of See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow on the central plateau, the mistral develops into a stormy wind of See also:

GREAT

great violence.

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