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föhn

  [feyn; Ger. fœn]
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–noun Meteorology.
foehn.

foehn

  [feyn; Ger. fœn]
–noun
a warm, dry wind descending a mountain, as on the north side of the Alps.
Also, föhn.

Origin:
1860–65; < G Föhn (orig. in Alpine dialects), MHG foenne, OHG phōnno < VL *faōnius, for L Favōnius Favonius
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foehn also föhn   (fɶn, fān)   
n.  A warm dry wind coming off the lee slopes of a mountain range, especially off the northern slopes of the Alps.

[German Föhn, from Middle High German fɶnne, from Old High German phōno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin favōnius, the west wind, from favēre, to be favorable.]
föhn   (fɶn, fān)   
n.  Variant of foehn.
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