Leste
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leste
Spanish nautical term for east wind.
The name is given to a hot, dry, dusty easterly, or southeasterly wind that blows from the Atlantic coast of Morocco out to Madeira and the Canary Islands. It is a form of sirocco and occurs in front of depressions advancing eastward.
Compare levanto.
Compare levanto.