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Harmattan   /hˌɑrmətˈæn/   Listen
Harmattan

noun
1.
A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter.





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... sand. All these may be disturbing causes—so are lofty mountains. From these causes, and the more powerful effect of the sun's rays in one place than in another, hurricanes and typhoons occur, and the monsoons are made to blow—the harmattan on the west coast of Africa; the simoon, with its deadly breath, in Arabia; the oppressive sirocco in the Mediterranean. What I have said will explain that beautiful passage in Ecclesiastes, 1st chapter, 6th ...
— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston
... hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Harmattan" :   wind, air current, current of air


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