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1. (n.) monsoon
the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and S Asia, blowing from the SW in summer and from the NE in winter.
2. monsoon
(in India and nearby lands) the season during which the SW monsoon blows, commonly marked by heavy rains; rainy season.
Etymology: (1575–85; < D monssoen (now obs.) < Pg monção, earlier moução < Ar mawsim season)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) monsoon
a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter
2. (noun) monsoon
rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
3. (noun) monsoon
any wind that changes direction with the seasons
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1. (noun) monsoon
a period of heavy rain in some parts of Asia
the monsoon season
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Monsoon
a wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Monsoon
originally denoted a periodical wind in the Indian Ocean, which blows from SW. from April to October, and from NE. from October to April; now denotes any wind connected with a continent regularly recurring with the seasons.
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Sense: a wind that blows in Southern Asia, from the south-west in summer, from the northeast in winter.
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 Afrikaans: moeson |
 Arabic: ريح مَوْسِمِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: мусон |
 Brazilian: monção |
 Czech: monzun |
 German: der Monsun |
 Danish: monsun |
 Greek: μουσώνας |
 Spanish: monzón |
 Estonian: monsuun |
 Farsi: باد موسمی |
 Finnish: monsuunituuli |
 French: mousson |
 Hebrew: מוֹנסוּן |
 Hindi: बरसाती पवन |
 Croatian: monsun |
 Hungarian: monszun |
 Indonesian: angin monsun |
 Icelandic: monsúnvindur |
 Italian: monsone |
 Japanese: モンスーン |
 Korean: 계절풍(인도양, 남아시아에서 부는 계절풍) |
 Lithuanian: musonas |
 Latvian: musons |
 Malay: angin monsun |
 Dutch: moesson |
 Norwegian: monsun |
 Polish: monsun |
 Persian: باد موسمی |
 Pashto: موسمى باد |
 Portuguese: monção |
 Romanian: muson |
 Russian: муссон |
 Slovak: monzún |
 Slovenian: monsun |
 Serbian: monsun |
 Swedish: monsun |
 Thai: ลมมรสุม |
 Turkish: muson rüzgarı |
 Taiwanese: 季風 |
 Ukrainian: мусон |
 Urdu: جنوبی ایشیا سے اٹھنے والی |
 Vietnamese: gió mùa |
 Chinese: 季风 |
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