# Question regarding trade winds in South America

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-trade-winds-in-south-america/825587 "2018-12-05T07:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-trade-winds-in-south-america/825587/1 "2018-12-05T07:14:09Z")

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Hi

I presume that trade winds have local names. I’m interested in knowing the name the trade winds in Venezuela, particularly Maracaibo.

I look forward to your feedback.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-trade-winds-in-south-america/825587/2 "2018-12-05T10:45:50Z")

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Vientos alisios ?

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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-trade-winds-in-south-america/825587/3 "2018-12-05T11:10:44Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> Vientos alisios ?

I was thinking more in terms of what local trade winds are called in different regions of Venezuela and South America. Are the winds simply called 'trade winds"or d they have particular names based on the region they occur in?