simoom

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(sĭ-mūm')

also si·moon (-mūn')
n.
A strong, hot, sand-laden wind of the Sahara and Arabian deserts: "Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar" (James Joyce). Also called samiel.

[Arabic samūm, from samma, to poison, from Aramaic sammā, drug, poison.]

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A very hot and dry wind of Asian and African deserts.

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Winds - simoom: hot, dry desert wind (Middle East and North Africa)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - simum, samum

Nederlands (Dutch)
samoem, hete zandwind

Français (French)
n. - simoun

Deutsch (German)
n. - Samum, (heißer Wüstenwind)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μετεωρ.) σιμούν

Italiano (Italian)
Simun

Português (Portuguese)
n. - simum (m)

Русский (Russian)
самум

Español (Spanish)
n. - simún, viento abrasador del desierto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samum (het ökenvind)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
西蒙风

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 西蒙風

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아리비아 사막의 모래 섞인 뜨거운 바람, 시뭄

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砂を含んだ強い熱風

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ريح ألسموم, ألسموم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סימום - רוח מדברית נושאת חול‬

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