HyperDic: fata_morgana

English > 1 sense of the expression fata morgana:
NOUNphenomenonfata morganaa mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
English > fata morgana: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay).
BroadermirageAn optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
Spanishespejismo, fata morgana
Catalanfata morgana

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