Definitions For Derecho

Noun

DERECHO (plural DERECHOs) (US) A windstorm with strong straight-line winds.

Translations

Finnish: syöksyvirtausparvi, s Persian: دِرِچو, tr=derecho

Further reading

{{pedialite, derecho}}

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, es, derecho, , straight}}, this term seems to have been coined by {{w, Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs}} in 1888 to contrast derechos from tornadoes, which twistRay Wolf, Ammon Shea, , OxfordWords blog, 25 July 2012; compare the etymology of tornado. {{doublet, en, direct}}.

Anagrams

chordee, cohered, heredoc, ochered