Found 2 items, similar to simoon.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: simoon
simoon
n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
North Africa [syn:
simoom,
samiel]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Simoon
Simoom
\Si*moom"\, Simoon
\Si*moon"\, n. [Ar. sam?m, fr. samma
to poison. Cf.
Samiel.]
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.
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