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mountain wind

[ wind ]
/ wɪnd /

noun

a wind descending a mountain valley at night.

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Compare valley wind.

Origin of mountain wind

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby mountain wind

Mountain time, mountaintop, Mountain View, mountain wave, mountain whitefish, mountain wind, mountainy, Mountbatten, Mount Carmel man, Mount Clemens, Mount Cook lily
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