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favonian

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fa⋅vo⋅ni⋅an

  [fuh-voh-nee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the west wind.
2. mild or favorable; propitious.
Origin:
1650–60; < L Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. Cf. foehn
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fa·vo·ni·an   (fə-vō'nē-ən)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the west wind.

  2. Mild; benign.


[Latin Favōniānus, from Favōnius, the west wind.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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