Usually means: Hot, dry, sandy desert wind.
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  8. khamsin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  14. khamsin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (khamsin)

noun:  A hot, dry wind, common in Egypt, Sudan and the Levant towards the end of March and April, which blows (for about 50 days each year) from the desert, bringing with it hot weather and sand / sandstorms.

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