Simoon

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

  Simoom \Si*moom"\, Simoon \Si*moon"\, n. [Ar. sam?m, fr. samma
     to poison. Cf. {Samiel}.]
     A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows
     occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries,
     generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy
     plains.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  simoon
       n : a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
           North Africa [syn: {simoom}, {samiel}]