north wind

Etymology
, corresponding to (originally an adverb) +. Compare Dutch, German.

Noun

 * 1) A wind blowing from the north.

Usage notes

 * North winds, taken collectively, are frequently treated as a single entity, with a definite article —, and even often personified as.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dalmatian: bura
 * Finnish:
 * French: vent du ,
 * Galician:, nortada
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Biiswind
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: avannaq
 * Hiligaynon: amihan
 * Ilocano: amian
 * Italian:
 * Irish: gaoth aduaidh
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 북풍(北風)
 * Latin: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: nordavind
 * Ojibwe: giiwedin
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: северный ветер
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kaskazi, upepo wa kaskazini
 * Swedish: