Definition of Khamsen

Definition of Khamsen

Khamsin (fifty), a hot sand wind which blows in Egypt from the desert for fifty days, chiefly before and after the month of May.

- Wikipedia

{ Kam*sin", Kham*sin" } (?), n. [Ar. khamsīn, fr. khamsūn, oblique case khamsīn, 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.]

Kham*sin` (?), n. Same as Kamsin.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a hot wind in Egypt which blows from the desert bringing with it sand

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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