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- noun Plural form of
Norte .
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Examples
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The prevalence of the "Nortes," or northerly winds, at certain seasons, seriously affects the navigation on one side, while that of the "papagallos" is as inconvenient on the other.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 Various
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In the winter the shallow near-shore waters get stirred up quite a bit from the Nortes and constant off-shore winds.
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In the winter the shallow near-shore waters get stirred up quite a bit from the Nortes and constant off-shore winds.
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The waters off the Uaymitun, where my beach house is, can be very turbid in the winter when the Nortes are present.
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The waters off the Uaymitun, where my beach house is, can be very turbid in the winter when the Nortes are present.
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The waters off the Uaymitun, where my beach house is, can be very turbid in the winter when the Nortes are present.
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The waters off the Uaymitun, where my beach house is, can be very turbid in the winter when the Nortes are present.
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The waters off the Uaymitun, where my beach house is, can be very turbid in the winter when the Nortes are present.
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In the winter the shallow near-shore waters get stirred up quite a bit from the Nortes and constant off-shore winds.
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In the winter the shallow near-shore waters get stirred up quite a bit from the Nortes and constant off-shore winds.
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