MONSOON


Meaning of MONSOON in English

noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim time, season Date: 1584 a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, the season of the southwest ~ in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall, rainfall that is associated with the ~, ~al adjective

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