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simoon

simoon is the alternative spelling of simoom.

Meaning of simoom

Noun

simoom (plural simooms)

  1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
    • Indeed, every appearance warranted me in apprehending a Simoon [sic]. I told the captain my fears; but he paid no attention to what I said, and left me without deigning to give a reply.1833, Edgar Allan Poe, MS. Found in a Bottle

Forms of simoon

pluralsimoons

Questions about simoon

What is simoon the alternative spelling of?
Simoon is the alternative spelling of simoom.

Words near simoon in the dictionary

  1. Simonyans
  2. simonyite
  3. Simoné
  4. simoom
  5. simooms
  6. simoon
  7. simoons
  8. simorg
  9. simorgh
  10. simorghs
  11. simorgs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: simoon (page history and authors); simoom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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