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Definition 2024

dust_devil

dust devil

English

Noun

dust devil ‎(plural dust devils)

A small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear, dry conditions, made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground.
A dust devil may look harmless, but a large one can overturn a car.

Synonyms

willy willy (Australia)

Translations

a small atmospheric vortex appearing in clear dry conditions made visible by swirling dust picked up from the ground

Chinese:
Mandarin: 塵暴 (zh), 尘暴 (zh) ‎(chénbào)
Dutch: stofhoos (nl) f, stofduivel (nl) m
Finnish: pölypyörre (fi)
French: tourbillon de poussière (fr) m
Galician: remuíño m
German: Kleintrombe f, Staubteufel m
Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος (el) m ‎(anemostróvilos), κουρνιαχτός (el) m ‎(kourniachtós)

Japanese: 塵旋風 ‎(じんせんぷう, jinsenpū), ダストデビル ‎(dasuto debiru)
Latin: vertigo f, vortex m
Navajo: náátsʼǫ́ʼoołdísii
Polish: trąba pyłowa f
Portuguese: redemoinho (pt) m
Russian: пылево́й вихрь m ‎(pylevój vixrʹ), пы́льный вихрь m ‎(pýlʹnyj vixrʹ), песча́ный вихрь m ‎(pesčányj vixrʹ)
Spanish: torbellino de polvo m, remolino de polvo m
Swahili: kimbunga (sw)

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