ghibli

[ gib-lee ]

noun

1. a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.

ghibli

/ ˈɡɪblɪ /

noun

1. a fiercely hot wind of North Africa

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghibli¹

First recorded in 1820–25; from dialectal Arabic gibli “south wind,” akin to Arabic qiblī literally, “southern”

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghibli¹

C20: from Arabic gibliy south wind

Example Sentences

During the festival, Cannes gave the same tribute to Meryl Streep and the Japanese anime factory Studio Ghibli.

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In the 22 years that Cannes has been handing out honorary Palmes, the award for Ghibli was the first for anything but an individual filmmaker or actor.

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Hayao Miyazaki, the 83-year-old animation master who founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 with Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki, didn’t attend the ceremony, but he spoke in a video message taped in Japan.

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The occasion wasn’t marked by any new Ghibli film but four earlier shorts that hadn’t previously been shown outside Japan.

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The shorts, all of which were made for the Studio Ghibli Museum outside Tokyo, included “Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess,” a culinary-themed desert for Miyazaki’s 2001 film “Spirited Away.”

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