khamsin

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A hot wind in Egypt which blows (for about 50 days) from the desert, bringing with it sand

That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since.

{i} dry and dusty hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt from March to May (also khamseen)
a hot wind in Egypt which blows from the desert bringing with it sand
A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara
Same as Kamsin
an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
khamsin
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