simoon

Other forms: simoons

Definitions of simoon
  1. noun
    a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
    synonyms: samiel, simoom
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    type of:
    air current, current, current of air, wind
    air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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