SIMOOM

Simoom

Simoom is a strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Alternative spellings include samiel, sameyel, samoon, samun, simoun, and simoon. Its temperature may exceed 54°C and the humidity may fall below 10%.

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simoom

Noun

  1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularity of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
    • 1916: Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar. — , '' (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 101)


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