berg wind

American

[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

a foehn blowing coastward from the interior plateau of South Africa.

berg wind British

noun

a hot dry wind in South Africa blowing from the plateau down to the coast

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Etymology

Origin of berg wind

First recorded in 1900–05

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