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harmattans

harmattans is the plural of harmattan.

Meaning of harmattan

Noun

harmattan (plural harmattans)

  1. A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
    • Storm-clouds stretched their arms across the sky; from the east, to all appearances, might come a fierce harmattan, or from the south might come the fierce hurricane.1900, Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone Around the World
  2. A season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows.

Questions about harmattans

What is harmattans the plural of?
Harmattans is the plural of harmattan.

Words near harmattans in the dictionary

  1. harmandianamine
  2. harmandianamines
  3. harmane
  4. harmans
  5. harmattan
  6. harmattans
  7. Harmatz
  8. Harmatzes
  9. Harmby
  10. harmdoing
  11. harme

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