Khamsin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A generally southerly hot wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt from late March to early May.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as kamsin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hot southeast wind that blows regularly in Egypt for about fifty days, commencing about the middle of March.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wind    air current    current of air   
    Variant
    kamsin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    khamaseen   
     
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