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K0049200 (kăm-sēn′)n. A generally southerly hot wind originating in the Sahara that blows across Egypt from late March to early May.

[Arabic (rīḥ al-)ḫamsīn, (wind of the) 50 (days), khamsin, from oblique case of ḫamsūn, fifty, from ḫams, five; see ḫmš in Semitic roots.]

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n (Physical Geography) a hot southerly wind blowing from about March to May, esp in Egypt[C17: from Arabic, literally: fifty]

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n. a hot southerly wind that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March. [1675–85; < Arabic khamsīn literally, fifty]

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khamsin - an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the springair current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

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[kam′sēn] (meteorology) A dry, dusty, and generally hot desert wind in Egypt and over the Red Sea; it is generally southerly or southeasterly, occurring in front of depressions moving eastward across North Africa or the southeastern Mediterranean.

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(Arabic; literally “fifty”), a hot, dry southerly wind that occurs in northeastern Africa and over the Red Sea. The khamsin, which blows about 50 days a year, primarily between April and June, is observed in the forward parts of cyclones passing from the deserts of North Africa to the eastern Mediterranean region. It usually carries a great deal of sand and dust, reducing visibility and often creating sandstorms. It is associated with high temperatures, up to 40°C, and a sharp drop in relative air humidity.

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A hot, dry southerly wind occurring in Egypt in the spring.

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

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