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Khamsin

noun

(Written also Khamseen)

An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring.

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Etymology of 'Khamsin'

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"Khamsin" Quotes from Famous Books

... the side of a small, pleasant terrace forming a kind of semi-circle round Government House at Parramatta. This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc. The French vignerons whom I had occasion to see at Parramatta, in company with the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Paterson, assured me that they had found a piece of country very favourable to their new plantations, and that they hoped for the greatest success ...

— The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders • Ernest Scott

... as Fate! not a breath of scorn or hate— Of taunt for the base, or of menace for the strong— Since our fortunes must be sealed on that old and famous Field Where the Right is set in battle with the Wrong. 'Tis coming, with the loom of Khamsin or Simoom, The tempest that shall try if we are of God or no— Its roar is in the sky,—and they there be which cry, "Let us cower, and the storm may over-blow." Now, nay! stand firm and fast! (that was a spiteful ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 • Various

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