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Definition of: khamsin
(kam′sin, kam·sēn′) noun Meteorol.
A hot wind from the Sahara that prevails in Egypt before the vernal equinox; simoom. Also kam·sean′: sometimes spelled kamsin. [<Arabic khamsīn <khamsūn fifty; so called because it occurs for a period of 50 days]
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