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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