mistral
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2ADJ.
gray, under
VERB + MISTRAL
called
Definitions
noun
A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
I saw him, the sea gray under the mistral and foam-flecked, watching the vanishing coast of France, which he was destined never to see again; and I thought there was something gallant in his bearing and dauntless in his soul.
The mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue
name
A surname from French.
Frédéric Mistral (French writer)
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3I saw him, the sea gray under the mistral and foam-flecked, watching the vanishing coast of France, which he was destined never to see again; and I thought there was something gallant in his bearing a
WiktionaryThe mistral had been blowing for three days now and the sea showed more white than blue
WiktionaryThe wind that often blows in Provence is called the mistral.
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