norte"1. The winter north wind in Spain. 2. A strong cold northeasterly wind in Mexico and on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. It results from an outbreak of cold air from the north; actually, the Mexican extension of a norther. See chocolatero.
Norte A strong cold northeasterly wind which blows in Mexico and on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. It results from an outbreak of cold air from the north. It is the Mexican extension of a norther.
a cold windstorm from the north. The term has several specific applications: 1) In the southern United States, especially in Texas (Texas norther), in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Gulf of Panama away from the coast, and in Central America (norte), ...
 See also: Clear, Period, Element, Meteor, Norther
  
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