Fata Morgana
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Fata Morgana (plural Fata Morganas)
- 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.
- Hypernym: mirage
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[edit]form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
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Noun
[edit]Fata Morgana f or (less common) m (uncountable)
- Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)
- Hypernym: miragem
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