KHAMSIN


Meaning of KHAMSIN in English

/kam seen", kam"sin/ , n.

a hot southerly wind, varying from southeast to southwest, that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.

[ 1675-85; khamsin lit., fifty ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .