fata morgana
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Fata Morgana¹
- /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/ UK
- /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
noun Fata Morganas · fata morgana
- A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina. A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania.
fata morgana²
- /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/ UK
- /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːnə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
noun fata morganas
- Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana On the other side of the electric fence, the fata morgana shimmers.
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noun form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
| Español | Fata Morgana, fatamorgana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 모르가나 선녀 Moreugana seonnyeo |
| 日本語 | 浮島, 浮き島 ukishima, ファタ・モルガーナ Fata Morugāna |
| 中文 | 複雜蜃景 /复杂蜃景 fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng, 法達摩加納 /法达摩加纳 Fǎdá Mójiānà |
| Português | fata morgana, Fata Morgana |
| Français | Fata Morgana |
| Deutsch | Fata Morgana |
| Italiano | fata morgana, fatamorgana |
| Ελληνικά | Φάτα Μοργκάνα Fáta Morgkána, φάτα μοργκάνα fáta morgkána |
| Română | fata morgana |
| Русский | фа́та-морга́на fáta-morgána |
| العربية | فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا fātā mūrḡānā |
| עברית | פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה Fáta Morgána |
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title = {fata morgana},
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