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FATA MORGANA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does fata morgana mean?

• FATA MORGANA (noun)
The noun FATA MORGANA has 1 sense:

1. a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

Familiarity information: FATA MORGANA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FATA MORGANA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("fata morgana" is a kind of...):

mirage (an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects)

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