solanon.
/səʊˈlanəʊ/ In Spain, a hot south-easterly wind.
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1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ii. 120 The Solanus or Easterne winde is commonly hote and troublesome in Spaine.]
1792 J. Townsend Journey Spain (ed. 2) II. 360 Whenever they have the Solano wind, that is, whenever the wind blows from Africa, they become liable to pleurisies.
a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXII. 343 The heat in Summer is very great, and, when the Solano or South wind blows, nearly insupportable.
1881 Standard 14 July 5 ‘Ask no grace in the Solano.’ So runs the Spanish proverb.
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