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
Jonelle-English (Rare)
DraŽEn-Croatian, Serbian
Russell['rʌsəl]
Elliot[eli'ɔt]
Naenia-Roman Mythology
FilipFEE-lip (Dutch), FEE-leep (Polish, Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Mac