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The word 'wind' has been part of the English language since Old English, before the Norman Conquest. The words for 'wind' in many Indo-European languages, including Latin 'ventus', come from the same Indo-European root.
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Why do you name the winds according to where it is from?
The North!
What is the name of most surface wind systems?
Trade Winds,Prevailing Westerlies,and Polar Easterlies
What is the name of prevailing winds that is in the middle latitude?
The Westerlies
What is the name for the cause of the spiraling of winds?
the coriolis affect
What is the name of the winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure belts towards the subpolar low pressure belts?
Trade Winds
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The name for the wind that blows constantly from the same direction?
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How winds get their name?
by were they come from
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Why do you name the winds according to where it is from?
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How did carowinds get its name?
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Name 2 local winds?
balls and chess
What is typhoon another name for?
seasonal reversal of winds
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