FATA MORGANA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("fata morgana" is a kind of...):

mirage (an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects)

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