Definition of trade winds

trade windsnoun

gió mậu dịch

/ˈtreɪd wɪndz//ˈtreɪd wɪndz/

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from the phrase blow trade ‘blow steadily in the same direction’. Because of the importance of these winds to navigation, 18th-cent. etymologists mistakenly connected the word trade with “commerce”.

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