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Khamsin

A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand.

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    A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand.

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hamsinnounAlternative form of khamsin. [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]
khamaseennounAn oppressive, hot, dusty, south or south-east wind occurring elsewhere in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Levant, intermittently in late winter through late spring.
khamseennounAlternative spelling of khamsin. [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]
kamsinnounAlternative spelling of khamsin. [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]
chamsinnounAlternative form of khamsin. [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]
kamseennounAlternative spelling of khamsin. [A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.]
simunnounAlternative spelling of simoom. [A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.]
shamalnounA hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer
harmattannounA season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows.
samoomnounArchaic form of simoom. [A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.]
sharqinounA hot desert wind in an Arabic country, especially in North Africa.
haboobnounA violent duststorm or sandstorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.
shimaalnounAlternative form of shamal. [A hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer]
hammadanounAlternative spelling of hamada. [A high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed by wind erosion]
hamadanounA high, desert landscape from which most of the sand has been removed by wind erosion
sabkhatnounAlternative form of sabkha. [(geology) An area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia.]
hismaicnounA form of the Ancient North Arabian language, from the Hisma sand-desert of southern Jordan and northwest Saudi Arabia.
khoumnounSynonym of khoums.
khamsanounAlternative form of hamsa. [The Hand of Fatima.]
shamaghnounAlternative form of shemagh. [A headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.]

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