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KHAMSIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does khamsin mean?
• KHAMSIN (noun)
The noun KHAMSIN has 1 sense:
1. an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
Familiarity information: KHAMSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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