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Khamsin

{

Kam-sin′

,

Kham-sin′

}

,

Noun.

[Ar.

khamsīn

, fr.

khamsūn

, oblique case

khamsīn

, fifty; – so called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till June.]

A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.

[Written also

Khamseen

.]

Kham-sinˊ

,

Noun.

Same as

.