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
Hussain-Arabic
Lynn[lin]
EdisonED-i-sənEnglish
Benjamine-French
Bala-Hinduism, Tamil
Fulgenciofool-KHEN-thyo (Spanish), fool-KHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish