simoom

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  • Noun:
    a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

Word Origin

simoom (n.)
"hot, dry desert wind," 1790, from Arabic samum "a sultry wind," literally "poisonous," from samma "he poisoned," from sam "poison."

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