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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KHAMSIN

KHAMSIN Kham *sin `, n.

 

Defn: Same as Kamsin.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

khamsin

kham sin |kämˈsēn kɑmˈsin | ▶noun an oppressive, hot southerly or southeasterly wind blowing in Egypt in spring. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Arabic khamsīn, from khamsūn ‘fifty ’ (being the approximate duration in days ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

khamsin

khamsin |ˈkamsɪn | ▶noun an oppressive, hot southerly or south-easterly wind blowing in Egypt in spring. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Arabic khamsīn, from khamsūn ‘fifty ’ (being the approximate duration in days ).