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Hot wind of Spain
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solano
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Solano \So*la"no\, [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun.] A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
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The Solano is a south to south-easterly wind in the southern sector of Spain . In the spring and summer, from June to September, it carries hot, dry, suffocating weather over La Mancha and the Andalusian plain with the cities of Sevilla and Cádiz . It is ...
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Population (2000): 394542 Housing Units (2000): 134513 Land area (2000): 829.190062 sq. miles (2147.592310 sq. km) Water area (2000): 77.480928 sq. miles (200.674674 sq. km) Total area (2000): 906.670990 sq. miles (2348.266984 sq. km) Located within: California ...
Usage examples of solano.
San Francisco Solano, the first ecclesiastic who rose to much note as a missionary, and who made his celebrated journey through the Chaco in 1588-89 from Peru to Paraguay, was a Franciscan.
Investigators from Vallejo, Napa, Benicia, Solano, San Mateo, and Marin met with representatives of the FBI, the state Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Naval Intelligence, the California Highway Patrol, U.