Kamsin

Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison
   + Turk. yel wind. Cf. {Simoom}.]
   A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey,
   from the desert. It is identical with the {simoom} of Arabia
   and the {kamsin} of Syria.
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Sirocco \Si*roc"co\ (s[i^]*r[o^]k"k[-o]), n.; pl. {Siroccos}
   (s[i^]*r[o^]k"k[=o]z). [It. sirocco, scirocco, Ar. shorug,
   fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to
   rise as the sun. Cf. {Saracen}.]
   1. An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts,
      chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
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   2. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing
      from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of
      Southern California, the {harmattan} of the west coasts of
      Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the {kamsin} of
      Egypt, the {leste} of the Madeira Islands, and the
      {leveche} of Spain.
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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}.]
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