calinan.
/kəˈliːna/ (See quot. 1887.)
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > haze > due to presence of dust
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1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 296/2 In July and August the plains of New Castile..are sunburnt wastes;..the atmosphere is filled with a fine dust, producing a haze known as calina.
1927 W. G. Kendrew Climates of Continents (ed. 2) 244.
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