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diablo

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diablo (“devil”). Doublet of diabolo, devil, diable, and diabolus.

  1. borrowed from diablo — “devil”

Definitions

  1. The or a devil.

  2. Synonym of diable (“flavored with hot spices/sauces”).

    • a diablo pizza
    • a diablo burger

  3. A sports car made by the Italian manufacturer Lamborghini.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A Diablo wind.

      • […]a Diablo Wind. A Diablo was responsible for the great Oakland-Berkeley fire of 1991. Earlier in this century Mill Valley in Marin County and Berkeley lost whole neighborhoods to northeaster fires. The winds are short in duration […]
      • […]a Diablo wind drove flames through the Berkeley Hills and into the campus of the University of California. Some 3,100 acres and 584 houses burned. Ten years later a Diablo-driven fire scorched a thousand acres and five homes. In 1946[…]

    2. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA