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KHAMSIN
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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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