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etesian wind

e·te·sian wind [ ə t'n wind ]


noun 
Definition:
 
wind from northwest in E Mediterranean: an annual summer wind that blows from the northwest in the Aegean Sea and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean

[Early 17th century. < Latin etesius "annual" < Greek etēsios< etos "year"]
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