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‖ friagem|ˈfriːəʒɛm|
[Pg., cold spell.]
A spell of unusually cold weather in Brazil, caused by the presence of Antarctic air.
1922W. G. Kendrew Clim. Cont. xl. 327 On the middle Amazon there is usually a cool spell of 5 or 6 days in May or June, brought by a south wind called ‘friagem’ [ed. 3 (1937), a south wind; it is called ‘friagem’]. 1931A. A. Miller Climatology vi. 130 Cold waves known as ‘friagems’. 1944Haurwitz & Austin Climatology x. 225 Throughout the world, invasions of markedly cold air into equatorial regions are usually rare, and consequently the friagem is a very interesting meteorological phenomenon. 1968G. R. Rumney Climatology xiv. 288 Occasional outbursts of unusually cold, relatively dry air.., originating over the expanded frozen surfaces around Antarctica, make their way much farther north than is normal and sometimes actually cross the equator... Such weather in Brazil is called a friagem. |