- In meteorology, a
williwaw (archaic
spelling williwau) is a
sudden blast of wind
descending from a
mountainous coast to the sea. The word is of unknown...
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Williwaw is the
debut novel of Gore Vidal,
written when he was 19 and
first mate of a U.S. Army
supply ship
stationed in the
Aleutian Islands. The story...
- Look up
williwaw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
williwaw is a type of
coastal wind.
Williwaw may also
refer to:
Williwaw (novel), a 1946 novel...
- of
Moody Point. Surve**** by the FIDS in 1953. The name
arose because williwaws appear to be
characteristic in the
vicinity of
Moody Point and the nearby...
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Alaska in
North America, a wind
known as a
williwaw is a
particular danger to
harboring vessels.
Williwaws originate in the snow and ice
fields of the...
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Mount Williwaw is a
prominent 5,446-foot (1,660 m)
mountain summit located in the
Chugach Mountains, in
Anchorage Muni****lity in the U.S.
state of Alaska...
- ISBN 1-57510-092-4. OCLC 50242148. Feinberg,
Leonard (1992).
Where the
Williwaw Blows: The
Aleutian Islands-World War II. Pilgrims' Process. ISBN 0-9710609-8-3...
- ISBN 978-1-60223-135-1. Goldstein, Donald; Dillon,
Katherine V. (1992). The
Williwaw War: The
Arkansas National Guard in the
Aleutians in
World War II. University...
- canadiansoldiers.com.
Retrieved 2022-05-25. Feinberg,
Leonard (1992).
Where the
Williwaw Blows: The
Aleutian Islands-World War II. Pilgrims' Process, Inc. ISBN 0-9710609-8-3...
- ****ociated with most of the
shipwrecks in Uruguay's Rio de la
Plata coast)
Williwaw (strong,
violent wind
occurring in the
Strait of Magellan, the Aleutian...
