NOUN
- an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring
How To Use khamsin In A Sentence
- The British used the Arabic word "khamsin" which means "wind of 50 days. HIATUS WEEK, Part One
- It is subject to constant dust-laden winds variously known as sirocco, khamsin, simoom and harmattan.
- There is virtually no rain, and little chance of khamsins, the infamous desert sandstorms that begin in mid - to late March and coat the Nile, its shores and inhabitants with layers of sticky sand.
- In the eastern Mediterranean a wind blows out from Libya and Egypt, known as the Khamsin.
- It is subject to constant dust-laden winds variously known as sirocco, khamsin, simoom and harmattan.
- The strong hot desert winds, the khamsins, with their associated sandstorms, added to the discomfort.
- We were greeted by a hot blast of air - not the Egyptian khamsin, the spring desert wind, but warmth generated by a stove that had been cranked all day in a 150-square-foot space.
- This is our second day of Khamsin; yet on the northern slope of the great Fiumara we meet the cool land-wind. The Land of Midian
- It is subject to constant dust-laden winds variously known as sirocco, khamsin, simoom and harmattan.
- Natural hazards: periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides, volcanic activity; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms The 2001 CIA World Factbook
