monsoon
/mɒnˈsuːn
/noun
1A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and South East Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).This creates winds that generally blow from the southwest during the summer monsoon and from the northeast from October to April....
- The south-west monsoon from May to October brings heavy rain and heavy seas and can restrict diving.
- Besides, both north-east and south-west monsoons have a higher level of rainfall which may discourage farmers from applying more fertilisers.
1.1The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.So it's been a long summer, a long hot summer, and once the hot season ends then the monsoon is just now come....
- Following the dry season, the monsoons hit the community in full force; several people drowned, trapped in the city's storm water runoff channels.
- India's dramatic seasons of drought and monsoon can destroy everything a person owns.
Derivatives
monsoonal
/ adjective ...- Rainfall in the savannah region usually arrives between November and April in heavy bursts from monsoonal depressions or tropical cyclones.
- As monsoonal rains poured down, the Gulf Country of Queensland, and extensive areas of the dry centre, were turned into vast inland seas, isolating pastoral stations and causing heavy cattle losses.
- The climate of the study area is sub-tropical and monsoonal.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim 'season', from wasama 'to mark, brand'.