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bloke wrote:If I renamed a like-new Blessing #18 "Disambiguata"...or maybe "Gamilaraay", would you possibly be interested in some sort of trade?

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Come on, there are plenty of good names left from the site that Ivan apparently uses:

Abroholos- A squall frequent from May through August between Cabo de Sao Tome and Cabo Frio on the coast of Brazil.

Bentu de Soli- An east wind on the coast of Sardinia.

Brubu- A name for a squall in the East Indies.

Cordonazo- The "Lash of St. Francis." Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico.

Elephanta- A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon. (Wade would have to buy one of these!)

Haboob- A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan.

Papagayo- A violet northeasterly fall wind on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Tehuantepecer- A violent squally wind from north or north-northeast in the Gulf of Tehuantepec (south of southern Mexico) in winter.

Warm Braw- A foehn wind in the Schouten Islands north of New Guinea.

MikeS wrote:Haboob- A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan.

Sounds like something you'd see at a burlesque show.