Name for "Dead calm sea" in other languages ?
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Re: Name for "Dead calm sea" in other languages ?
In English you would often say the wind is "still", like in the still of the night or "dead calm". The surf is often referred as glassy, mirror, or oil slick.
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Re: Name for "Dead calm sea" in other languages ?
There are as many words in Hawaiian that describes the sea as the Inuits that describes the snow. One popular one is Wailana.
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