simoom
Meanings
noun
- A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
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Etymology
From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).
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