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Definition: Fata Morgana |
Fata MorganaNoun1. A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | Originally this was the name given to a multiple mirage phenomenon often observed over the Straits of Messina, and supposed to be the work of the fairy. . . Morgana; later, it was applied to any impressive multiple mirag e. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Fata Morgana A sort of mirage occasionally seen in the Straits of Messina. Fata is Italian for a "fairy," and the fairy Morgana was the sister of Arthur and pupil of Merlin. She lived at the bottom of a lake, and dispensed her treasures to whom she liked. She is first introduced in the Orlando Innamorato as "Lady Fortune," but subsequently assumes her witch-like attributes. In Tasso her three daughters are introduced. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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In calm weather, the undisturbed interface between warm air over cold dense air near the surface of the ground may act as a refracting lens, producing an upside-down image, over which the distant direct image appears to hover. Fata Morgana are usually seen in the morning after a cold night which has resulted in the radiation of heat into space. The first mention of 'Fata Morgana' in English, in 1818, referred to such a mirage noticed in the Strait of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. It is common in high mountain valleys, such as the San Luis Valley of Colorado where the effect is exaggerated due to the curvature of the floor of the valley canceling out the curvature of the Earth. They may be seen in Arctic seas on very still mornings.
Fata Morgana was taken as the title of a crime novel by Agatha Christie.
Fata Morgana is an annual review since 1996, publishing prize-winning short stories in Italian, with the themes "doubles, opposites, enemies, lovers."
The Fonte di Fata Morgana ('Fata Morgana's Spring'), locally called the Casina delle Fate ('Summerhouse of the Fates'), at Grassina, not far from Florence in the commune of Bagno a Ripoli, is a small garden building, built in 1573-4 as a garden feature in the extensive grounds of the Villa "Riposo" of Bernardo Vecchietti on the slope of the hill called Fattucchia.
It is among that group of artificial garden grottoes and Nympheums made for private gardens, and less well known than more visited examples, such as in the Boboli Gardens or the Medici villa at Pratolino. The Fonte di Fata Morgana is enriched with sculptures in the manner of Giambologna. Recently acquired by the Comune di Bagno a Ripoli, the Fonte della Fata Morgana, is being meticulously restored.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imagination | Illusion; (error); phantom; (fallacy of vision); Fata Morgana; (ignis fatuus); vapor; (cloud); stretch of the imagination; (exaggeration); mythogenesis. |
Occasion | Nick of time; golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening; clear stage, fair field; mollia tempora; fata Morgana; spare time; (leisure). |
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Crosswords: Fata Morgana |
| Specialty definitions using "fata morgana": Hagring. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fata Morgana" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (mirage), German (fata morgana, mirage), Swedish (fata morgana). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Fata Morgana (1971) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Fata Morgana eines Wohnungssuchenden.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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fata morgana | 55 |
efteling fata morgana | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "fata morgana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mirazh (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | â€Ø³Ø±Ø§Ø¨ (mirage, phantom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фата моргана, мираж (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | fata morgána (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Fata Morgana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | fata morgana (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ilmalinnakangastus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fata Morgana, fée Morgane, morgana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fata morgana (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | FATA MORGANA. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פט×" מור×'× ×" (mirage), חזון מ×"×•×—×™× (false vision), חזון ×ª×¢×ª×•×¢×™× (chimera, false vision, mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | délibáb (mirage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fata Morgana. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atafay organamay fada Morgana. (various references) мираж (illusion, loom, mirage). (various references) fatamorgana (mirage). (various references) Fata Morgana. (various references) fata morgana. (various references) serap (mirage, will-o'-the-wisp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-f-g-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: martagon. | |
-4 letters: anagram, formant, frogman, maranta, tamarao, tangram, trangam. | |
-5 letters: amarna, angora, ataman, fantom, forgat, format, mantra, matron, morgan, organa, ragman, tarama. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 74 61 4D 6F 72 67 61 6E 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110100 01100001 00100000 01001101 01101111 01110010 01100111 01100001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a t a   M o r g a n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0074 0061 004D 006F 0072 0067 0061 006E 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40678667247818473678067 |
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