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Complete Definition of "simoom"

English
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Pronunciation
RP AHD|/sĭmo�omʹ/; IPA|/sɪ�mu�m/; SAMPA|/sI"mu:m/
US AHD|/sĭmo�omʹ/; IPA|/sɪ�mu�m/; SAMPA|/sI"mu:m/

Noun
en-noun

  1. 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.

Quotations
#:*1916: Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar. - w:James Joyce|James Joyce, ''w:Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man|Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, 101)

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