A north-northwest wind in ancient Mediterranean geography, particularly in Greece and the Aegean Sea region.
From Greek kaekias, the name of a wind direction in ancient meteorology. The term comes from classical geographical and navigational texts.
Ancient sailors had poetic names for each wind direction instead of just saying 'north'—caecias was one of the eight winds, and knowing wind names was literally matter of life and death at sea.
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