gió mùa

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Vietnamese

Etymology

gió (wind) +‎ mùa (season), i.e. "seasonal wind". Compare Chinese 季風季风 (jìfēng).

Pronunciation

Noun

gió mùa

  1. monsoon
    khí hậu nhiệt đới gió mùatropical monsoon climate
    • 1908, Trần Văn Thông, “Bác học và hóa học”, in Vạn vật luận và vệ sinh (Histoire naturelle et Hygiène):
      Trong các bể ở về phương nóng nực, có gió thổi sáu tháng hướng này, sáu tháng hướng khác luân chuyển cùng nhau gọi là gió mùa (moussons).
      In the ocean in the tropics, there is a kind of winds that blow in one direction for six months, then the other direction for six months, called monsoons.