Found 2 items, similar to Khamsin.
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Definition: khamsin
khamsin
n : an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that
blows across Egypt in the spring
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Khamsin
Kamsin
\Kam*sin"\, Khamsin
\Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[=i]n, fr.
khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[=i]n, fifty; -- so called
because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.]
A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
[Written also
Khamseen.]
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Khamsin
\Kham*sin`\, n.
Same as
Kamsin.
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