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Fata morgana

Fata morgana Meaning & Definition
Fata morgana Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fata morgana?

[n] a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)

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Fata morgana In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa"ta Mor*ga"na\ [It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata) of the name of Morg['a]na. See {Fairy}.] A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

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