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lucila godoy alcayaga

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Go⋅doy Al⋅ca⋅ya⋅ga

[Sp. gaw-thoi ahl-kah-yah-gah]
–noun
Lu⋅ci⋅la [Sp. loo-see-lah] , real name of Gabriela Mistral.

Mis⋅tral

[mee-stral for 1; mees-trahl for 2]
–noun
1. Fré⋅dé⋅ric [frey-dey-reek] , 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
2. Ga⋅bri⋅e⋅la [gah-vree-e-lah] , (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga), 1889–1957, Chilean poet and educator: Nobel prize for literature 1945.
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mistral 
"cold northerly wind on the Mediterranean coast of France," 1604, from Fr., from Prov. mistral, lit. "the dominant wind," from mistral (adj.) "dominant," from L. magistralis "dominant," from magister "master."
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