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kamsin

kamsin is the alternative spelling of khamsin.

Meaning of khamsin

Noun

khamsin (plural khamsins)

  1. A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.
    • That second spring the khamseen was worse than I have ever known it before or since.1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, published 1968, page 121
    Synonyms:
    khamaseen

Forms of kamsin

pluralkamsins

Questions about kamsin

What is kamsin the alternative spelling of?
Kamsin is the alternative spelling of khamsin.

Words near kamsin in the dictionary

  1. Kamschatka
  2. Kamschatkan
  3. Kamschatkans
  4. kamseen
  5. kamseens
  6. kamsin
  7. kamsins
  8. Kamtok
  9. Kamtschadale
  10. Kamtschadales
  11. kamui

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