mistral

(mi sträl′, mis′trəl)

noun

a cold, dry north wind that blows over the Mediterranean coast of France and nearby regions

Origin: Fr < Prov, lit., master-wind < L magistralis < magister, master

See mistral in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A dry cold northerly wind that blows in squalls toward the Mediterranean coast of southern France.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Provençal maestral

Origin: , from Old Provençal

Origin: , from Late Latin magistrālis, of a master

Origin: , from Latin magister, master; see meg- in Indo-European roots

French writer and leader in the revival of Provençal as a literary language. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for literature.

, Gabriela Pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. 1889-1957.

Chilean poet whose works include Sonnets of Death (1914) and Tala (1938). She won the 1945 Nobel Prize for literature.

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