Fata Morgana

See also: fata morgana, fata morgána, and fatamorgana

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Italian for Morgan le Fay; fata ‎(“fairy”) + Morgana ‎(“Morgan”)

Alternative forms

• fata morgana

Noun

Fata Morgana ‎(plural Fata Morganas)

1. A form of mirage caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, especially one seen in the Strait of Messina.

Translations

a mirage

• Arabic: فاتا مورغانا f, سَرَاب (ar) m ‎(sarāb), هَبْهاب ‎(habhāb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複雜蜃景, 复杂蜃景 ‎(fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng)

• Czech: fata morgána (cs)
• Danish: fatamorgana n
• Esperanto: fatamorgano
• Estonian: fatamorgaana
• Finnish: fata morgana, kangastus (fi)
• French: mirage (fr) m, Fata Morgana (fr) f
• German: Fata Morgana (de) f
• Greek: Φάτα Μοργκάνα (el) f ‎(Fáta Mornkána), φάτα μοργκάνα f ‎(fáta mornkána)
• Hebrew: פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה (he) f ‎(Fata Morgana)
• Hungarian: délibáb (hu)
• Ido: mirajo (io)
• Italian: fata morgana f, fatamorgana f, miraggio (it) m

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 浮島 ‎(うきしま, ukishima), ^{(please verify)} 浮き島 ‎(うきしま, ukishima), ファタ・モルガーナ ‎(Fata Morugāna)
• Korean: 모르가나 선녀 ‎(moreugana seonnyeo)
• Kurdish: serav (ku) f, serab (ku) f, leylanok (ku) f, rewrewk (ku) f, seraw (ku) f, serap (ku) f
• Polish: fatamorgana f
• Portuguese: fata morgana f, Fata Morgana f
• Romanian: miraj (ro) n, Fata Morgana f
• Russian: фа́та-морга́на (ru) f ‎(fáta-morgána), мира́ж (ru) m ‎(miráž)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фатаморга̀на f

  Roman: fatamorgàna (sh) f

• Spanish: espejismo (es) m, Fata Morgana f, fatamorgana f
• Swedish: fata morgana (sv) c

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Italian

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Proper noun

Fata Morgana f

1. Morgan le Fay

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Alternative forms

• fata morgana

Noun

Fata Morgana f or m (less common) (uncountable)

1. Fata Morgana (a type of mirage)