KHAMSIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("khamsin" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

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