fata morgana

See also fata morgána, and Fata Morgana

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Fata Morgana

Etymology

From Italian translation of Morgan le Fay (fata (“fairy”))

Noun

fata morgana (plural fata morganas)

1. A mirage, especially one seen in the Strait of Messina

Translations

a mirage

• Czech: fata morgána (cs)
• Danish: fatamorgana (da) n
• Finnish: fata morgana (fi)
• French: mirage (fr) m
• German: Fata Morgana (de) f

• Italian: fata morgana (it) f, fatamorgana (it) f, miraggio (it) m
• Polish: fatamorgana (pl) f
• Portuguese: miragem (pt) f
• Russian: фата-моргана (ru) (fáta-morgána) f , мираж (ru) (miráž) m 
• Spanish: espejismo (es) m