Coromuel

[ kaw-rom-yoo-el ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coromuel¹

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)