Simoom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strong, hot, sand-laden wind of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: "Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar” ( James Joyce). Also called samiel.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularity of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An intensely hot dry wind prevalent in the Arabian desert, and on the heated plains of Sind and Kandahar, sudden in its occurrence, moving in a straight, narrow track, and characterized by its suffocating effects.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
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