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‖ purga|pʊəˈgɑː, ˈpʊəgə|
[Russ.]
A blizzard of very fine snow in the U.S.S.R.
1889L. F. Gowing Five Thousand Miles in Sledge v. 75 A purga was raging—one of those fierce snowstorms which visit with especial violence the eastern shores of Asiatic Russia. 1977P. E. Lydolph Geogr. U.S.S.R. (ed. 3) xvii. 377/2 Most of the high winds at Barnaul are associated with cyclonic storms during winter that may produce strong blizzards, the so-called buran or purga. 1978Soviet Geogr. XIX. 574 A purga is not just any snowstorm; it is a violent storm associated with an invasion of cold air. |