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1. (n.) khamsin
a hot southerly wind that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.
Etymology: (1675–85; < Ar khamsīn lit., fifty)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) khamsin
an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) khamsin
a hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara
2. (noun) khamsin
same as Kamsin
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. khamsin
a hot sand wind which blows in Egypt from the desert for fifty days, chiefly before and after the month of May.
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