grigal

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian [Term?], from Latin graecalis, from graecus, thus “the direction of Greece”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɪˈɡaːl/

Noun

grigal m

1. the northeast
2. northeasterly wind

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;

majjistral	tramuntana (xmiel)	grigal
punent (għarb)		lvant (xerq)
lbiċ	nofsinhar (qibla)	xlokk