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Meaning of diablo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.
  2. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
  3. The or a devil.
    Southwestern, US
  4. A Diablo wind.

Examples

“[…]a Diablo Wind. A Diablo was responsible for the great Oakland-Berkeley fire of 1991. Earlier in this century Mill Valley in Marin County and Berkeley lost whole neighborhoods to northeaster fires. The winds are short in duration […]”
“[…]a Diablo wind drove flames through the Berkeley Hills and into the campus of the University of California. Some 3,100 acres and 584 houses burned. Ten years later a Diablo-driven fire scorched a thousand acres and five homes. In 1946[…]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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