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Euroclydon

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. eupos, east wind; Xi 3wv, wave), a stormy wind from the N.E. or N.N.E. in the eastern Mediterranean. Where the Authorized Version of the Bible (Acts xxvii. 14) mentions euroclydon, the Revised Version, taking the reading evpaKiJXcev, has euraquilo, or north-easter. The word is sometimes used for the Bora.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Euroclydon'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/euroclydon.html. 1910.
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