heat wave



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heat wave

A period of time in which the weather is unusually and persistently hot. Our summers are usually very mild here, but we've been in the midst of a heat wave recently that's made it feel like the tropics!
See also: heat, wave

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Estienne-Medieval French
Fungai-Southern African, Shona
ReetaRE:-tahFinnish
Maddalenamahd-dah-LE-nahItalian
Hamid (1)-Arabic, Persian
LarkinLAHR-kinMedieval English