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khamsin
(encz) | khamsin, n: |
Khamsin
(gcide) | Khamsin \Kham*sin`\, n.
Same as Kamsin.
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Khamsin
(gcide) | Kamsin \Kam*sin"\, Khamsin \Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[imac]n,
fr. khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[imac]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
(wn) | khamsin
n 1: an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that
blows across Egypt in the spring |
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Khamsin
(gcide) | Khamsin \Kham*sin`\, n.
Same as Kamsin.
[1913 Webster]Kamsin \Kam*sin"\, Khamsin \Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[imac]n,
fr. khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[imac]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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