Harmattan Definition

härmə-tăn, här-mătn
noun
A dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara in N Africa toward the Atlantic, esp. from Nov. to March.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Harmattan

Noun

Singular:
harmattan
Plural:
harmattans

Origin of Harmattan

  • Akan (Twi) haramata possibly from Arabic ḥarām evil thing from ḥarama to prohibit x̣rm in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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