Dry, hot wind in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Examples for "khamsin"
Examples for "khamsin"
1The heat was increasing and the desert winds brought the "khamsin" or duststorms.
2When the khamsin blows the dust- storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.
3Known in Egypt as the khamsin, on the Mediterranean as the sirocco, it is called on the Guinea coast the harmattan.
4This was, unfortunately, exposed to the north-west winds, burning winds like the mistral of Italy and Provence, the khamsin of Egypt, etc.
5Earlier that week, a sandstorm had closed the airport - the same khamsin had peppered windows and cars in Ireland with Saharan sand.
1His breath is the north wind at midnight, which freshens trees when withering, His anger is like the chamsin which burns what it touches.
1The only fear is the Khamaseen wind.