samiel

Noun
Synonyms: simoomsimoon

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North AfricaSynonyms: simoomsimoon
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria. [1913 Webster]
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