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khamsin definition

kham·sin (kam′sin, kam sēn′)

noun

a hot south wind from the Sahara that blows in the Near East, esp. Egypt, from late March until early May

Etymology: Ar khamsīn < khamsūn, fifty: so named for the fifty days the wind blows

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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