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Fata morgana   /fˈɑtə mɔrgˈænə/   Listen
Fata morgana

noun
1.
A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay).





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"Fata morgana" Quotes from Famous Books



... of his personal life appeared the canvas entitled "Fata Morgana," illustrative of a knight in vain pursuit of a phantom maiden; and before long there was from his brush the pictured story of a lost love, "Orpheus and Eurydice," one of the saddest of all myths, but, one feels, ...
— Watts (1817-1904) • William Loftus Hare


Words linked to "Fata morgana" :   mirage


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