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How to pronounce etesian

American English pronunciation

ih-TEE-zhun

IPA
/ɪˈtiʒən/
Syllables
ih · TEE · zhun (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)

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What etesian means

adjective

Of the dry summer winds over the eastern Mediterranean

In a sentence: The etesian breeze kept the Greek island cool all through August.

Where it comes from: It came through Latin from a Greek word meaning yearly, from the Greek word for year.

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