Libeccio

Libeccio above Bastia

The libeccio (/lɪˈbɛi/; Italian: [liˈbettʃo]; Croatian: lebić; Catalan: llebeig [ʎəˈβɛtʃ]; Greek: λίβας [ˈlivas]; Serbian: lebić, [ˈlebitɕ])[lower-alpha 1] is the westerly or south-westerly wind which predominates in northern Corsica all year round; it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. In summer it is most persistent, but in winter it alternates with the Tramontane (north-east or north). The word libeccio is Italian, coming from Greek through Latin, and originally means "Libyan".

See also

The winds of the Mediterranean

Notes

  1. Also known in some local variants as garbin (Catalan: garbí [ɡərˈβi]; Greek: γαρμπής [ɡarˈbis]; Italian: garbino [ɡarˈbiːno]; Serbo-Croatian: garbin [ɡarˈbin]; Spanish: garbino, garbín [ɡarˈβino, -ˈβin]).
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