Ga⋅bri⋅e⋅la /ˌgɑvriˈɛlɑ/Show Spelled Pronunciation[gah-vree-e-lah]Show IPA, (Lucila Godoy Alcayaga), 1889–1957, Chilean poet and educator: Nobel prize for literature 1945.
"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."