Simoom
WordNet
noun
(1) A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
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Etymology
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Noun
- A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularity of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
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- 1916: Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar. — James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 101)
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