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simoom

si·moom

US/sɪˈmuːm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

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Origin

From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”).

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