Which country brand is Mistral?
Mistral is an Australian home appliances brand which manufactures kitchen appliances, heating and cooling fans, air fryers, thermo cookers, electronics, and other appliances. The Missile Transportable Anti-aérien Léger (English: Transportable lightweight anti-air missile), commonly called Mistral, is a French infrared homing short range air defense system manufactured by MBDA France (formerly by Matra Défense and then Matra BAe Dynamics).
What does Mistral stand for?
The name mistral comes from the Languedoc dialect of the Occitan and means masterly. The same wind is called mistrau in the Provençal variant of Occitan, mestral in Catalan, maestrale in Italian and Corsican, maistràle or bentu maestru in Sardinian, and majjistral in Maltese. The name mistral comes from the Provencal word for master. Mistral is a cold, northerly or northwesterly katabatic wind flowing into the Gulf of Lion from the southern coast of France.