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Coromuel

American  
[kaw-rom-yoo-el] / kɔˈrɒm juˌɛl /

noun

  1. a cooling westerly breeze that flows in from the Pacific Ocean over the La Paz region of the southern Baja California peninsula of Mexico.


Etymology

Origin of Coromuel

First recorded in 1840–50; Hispanicization of family name of U.S. Navy petty officer Samuel Cromwell, who often visited La Paz in Baja California and was executed at sea for plotting a mutiny (1841)

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