grigal

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian [Term?], from Latin graecalis, from graecus, thus “the direction of Greece”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrɪˈɡaːl/

Noun

grigal m

  1. the northeast
  2. northeasterly wind

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;
majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel)		 grigal
punent
(għarb)		 lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla)		 xlokk
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