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ghibli

[ gib-lee ]

noun

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


ghibli

/ ˈɡɪɪ /

noun

  1. a fiercely hot wind of North Africa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ghibli1

First recorded in 1820–25; from dialectal Arabic gibli “south wind,” akin to Arabic 羱ī literally, “southern”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ghibli1

C20: from Arabic gibliy south wind
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A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli's landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings.

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Michiyo Yasuda, the color designer on Miyazaki’s films at Studio Ghibli, passed away in 2016, but she appears in the documentary’s footage like a ghost, a vision of the past that haunts the present day Miyazaki.

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But no one looms larger than Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli co-founder and director, who passed away in 2018.

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Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki says that “Miyazaki idolized Takahata, but it was always one-sided.”

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Knightley described her children, who are 5 and 9, as "very cool right now. They're into Studio Ghibli and just like beautiful things where you're just like 'oh, this is just lovely' after seven years of 'Peppa Pig.'"

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