kham·sin (k m-s n )n. A generally southerly hot wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt from late March to early May. [Arabic (r   al-) amsn, (wind of the) 50 (days), khamsin, from oblique case of ams n, fifty, from ams, five; see m in Semitic roots.] |
khamsin [ˈkæmsɪn kæmˈsiːn], kamseen, kamsin
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a hot southerly wind blowing from about March to May, esp in Egypt
[from Arabic, literally: fifty]
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| Noun | 1. | khamsin - an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
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