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A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.
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Broader terms: mirage
Alternative letter-case form of Fata Morgana.
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a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
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Broader terms: mirage
Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فَاتَا مُورْغَانَا
(fātā mūrḡānā)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Bulgarian:
фата моргана
(fata morgana)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Catalan:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Chinese Mandarin:
複雜蜃景 /复杂蜃景
(fùzá shènjǐng, fǔzá shènjǐng)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Chinese Mandarin:
法達摩加納 /法达摩加纳
(Fǎdá Mójiānà)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Czech:
fata morgána
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Danish:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Dutch:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Esperanto:
fatamorgano
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Estonian:
fatamorgaana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Finnish:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Finnish:
ilmalinnakangastus
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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French:
Fata Morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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German:
Fata Morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Greek:
Φάτα Μοργκάνα
(Fáta Morgkána)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Greek:
φάτα μοργκάνα
(fáta morgkána)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Hebrew:
פָאטָה מוֹרְגָּנָה
(Fáta Morgána)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Hungarian:
délibáb
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Indonesian:
bayangan maya
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Indonesian:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Indonesian:
kemendang
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Italian:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Italian:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Japanese:
浮島
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Japanese:
浮き島
(ukishima)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Japanese:
ファタ・モルガーナ
(Fata Morugāna)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Korean:
모르가나 선녀
(Moreugana seonnyeo)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Latin:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Macedonian:
фатаморгана
(fatamorgana)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Malay:
logamaya
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Polish:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Portuguese:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Portuguese:
Fata Morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Romanian:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Russian:
фа́та-морга́на
(fáta-morgána)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Serbo-Croatian:
фатаморга̀на
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Serbo-Croatian:
fatamorgàna
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Slovak:
fatamorgána
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Slovene:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Spanish:
Fata Morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Spanish:
fatamorgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Swedish:
fata morgana
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Tamil:
ஃபேடே மார்கனே
(fēṭē mārkaṉē)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Ukrainian:
фа́та-морга́на
(fáta-morhána)
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
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Uzbek:
Morgana sarobi
— form of mirage caused by temperature inversion
