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| foehn [ fayn, fön ] or föhn [ fayn, fön ] |
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warm wind: a warm dry wind that blows down the lee slope of a mountain range, originally and especially the Alps
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| [Mid-19th century. Via German< Latin favonius "west wind" < favere "favor, be well disposed toward"] |
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