
fa·ta mor·ga·na (fä'tə môr-gä'nə) n.
See mirage (sense 1).
[Italian, mirage, Morgan le Fay (from the belief that the mirage was caused by her witchcraft) : fata, fairy (from Vulgar Latin fāta, goddess of fate; see fairy) + Morgana, Morgan (probably from Old Irish Morrigain).]
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