fa·ta mor·ga·na (fä t môr-gä n)n. See mirage. [Italian, mirage, Morgan le Fay (from the belief that the mirage was caused by her witchcraft) : fata, fairy (from Vulgar Latin f  ta, goddess of fate; see fairy) + Morgana, Morgan (probably from Old Irish Morrigain).] |
Fata Morgana [ˈfɑːtə mɔːˈgɑːnə (Italian) ˈfaːta mɔrˈgaːna]
n
(Physics / General Physics) a mirage, esp one in the Strait of Messina attributed to the sorcery of Morgan le Fay
[from Italian: Morgan le Fay]
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| Noun | 1. | fata morgana - a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay) mirage - an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects |
Translations
Fata Morgana
n → Fata Morgana f
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