grigal

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian gricali, from Latin graecalis, from graecus, thus “the direction of Greece”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɪˈɡaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

grigal m

  1. the northeast
  2. northeasterly wind

Coordinate terms

compass points: punti tal-kumpass:  [edit]

majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel) 		grigal
punent
(għarb) 		lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla) 		xlokk
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