The wind from the south may have several titles depending on the region where it blows, as well as on how affects the lives of people. It is not always easy to guess what is hidden for unusual and sonorous names. Grooming whirlwind, gentle breeze or storm with rains?
Southern wind notes
In the ancient Greece of God, who commanded the southern wind, was called notes. It was considered the Messenger of Helios, while not so famous and read as his brothers Borea and Marshmallow. Despite the permanent epithets "Fast and hot", the notes brought rains and fogs with them. Romans corresponded to him. On the famous wind tower in Athens, notes is depicted with jugs in his hands. Today, notes, as well as Nia, notos are a wet wind in the Mediterranean, Azov and Black Seas, whose character varies depending on the territory.
South Wind Syud.
In the seaflings and meteorology, the south wind is called Süd. Word comes from Dutch zuiden.What does "South, South" mean, and as applied not only to the wind, but also to the direction at all. For example, keep the course on South. In Russian, for the first time, this name is fixed in the Marine Charter of 1720.
South wind Sirocco
Despite the Japanese taste of the word, sirocco - The name of the sultry southern and southeastern wind, which blows in the south of Italy, as well as throughout the Mediterranean basin. Burry sirocco In African and Arabian deserts. Hence the Arab roots in the title: Italian Scirocco is an adapted Arab word schoruk., in turn what is happening from Schark - "East". Very dusty, dry and suffocating sirocco It has a negative effect on plants, animals, mechanical devices. No less destructive effect on man. Interestingly, such a wind on the coasts of the Black and Azov seas is called sHIKE, the word is a distorted option sirocco.
Southern Wind Hamsin
The African deserts are not only beautiful sunrises and sunsets, the vast of sand dunes, but also in a detriment for the exileproof sultry winds that born the sand storms. Khamsin or hamasin - hot, dry storm wind blowing, approximately, from April to July in the Egyptian and Sudanese lands, as well as on the territory of the Middle East. During hamsinathe air temperature quickly increases and can achieve over 40 degrees, while air humidity does not exceed 10%. The name happened from Arabic Hamsin, which means "fifty" - about so many days blowing khamsin. The Pyddynevnik is sometimes called "brother" Sirocco, since both of them are born by a hot African desert.
Southern winds of the Russian North
In the north, the southern wind has always been associated with warmth and time when it is warmly tangible. Therefore, in the names there is a designation of such periods: afternoon book, warm, afternoon, lednik, summer. The amazing multimement of the same natural phenomenon is observed in the language of indigenous people of the Kola Peninsula of Saamov. So, depending on the dialect, the southern wind is called kess-Pink., suui., owl sulti..
European winds
In popular among lovers of active recreation and clean air Tyrol South Wind blowing at noon, called mittagsvind, in German mittagswind.where Mittags means "at noon, at lunchtime", and Wind - "Wind".
In Poland through Tartu from Hungary and Slovenia visits almwind.The air temperature during which is usually rising by 10-15 degrees. Especially strong it becomes spring and autumn.
From the Latin word Austellus (Southern breeze), the name of the wind occurred aUST-EPblowing in the Mediterranean basin. In french is right very love when it comes dry and soft ble, well affecting the growth of cereals. Garbium,sea wind , observed in Primorye Italy, as well as in the Azov and Black Seas.
It turns out that the usual natural phenomenon may have an amazingly romantic name. And not one. Now that the wind will seem particularly rapidly, it is enough to remember a couple of beautiful names, and waiting, when one of the sons of Astreya calm down, will not be tight.