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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese aguyon (“north wind, north”), from Latin aquilōnem (“north wind”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /aˈɡjɐ̃w̃/
Noun
aguião m (uncountable)
- north wind
- north (compass point)
1848, Alexandre Herculano, O Monge de Cister, volume 1, →OCLC, page 39:Com os braços cruzados e os olhos fitos no engenho arruinado, deixava-me ir ao som dos meus desvarios, quando vozes confusas vieram despertar-me. Olhei: o povo estava apinhado juncto á torre da Sé, que deita para a banda do aguião. Encaminhei-me para lá, sem saber porque: arrastava-me uma especie de instincto.- With my arms crossed and my eyes fixed on the ruined mill, I let myself go to the sound of my ravings, when confused voices came to wake me up. I looked: the people were crowded around the Cathedral's tower, which faces towards the north. I headed there, without knowing why: a kind of instinct dragged me along.
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