Khamsin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Khamsin \Kham*sin`\, n.
     Same as {Kamsin}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Kamsin \Kam*sin"\, Khamsin \Kham*sin"\, n. [Ar. khams[imac]n,
     fr. khams[=u]n, oblique case khams[imac]n, fifty; -- so
     called because it blows for about fifty days, from April till
     June.]
     A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
     [Written also {Khamseen}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  khamsin
       n : an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that
           blows across Egypt in the spring