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khamsin

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

khamsin, or kamsin, a hot wind, usually from the south-west, which blows over Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean Sea, normally only in the months of March and April. It is a source of much discomfort, very similar to the sirocco of the central Mediterranean. When blowing strongly it causes sandstorms, sometimes far out at sea. There is an ancient Arab saying, ‘When the khamsin has blown for three days a man is justified in killing his wife.’

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khamsin

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

khamsin A hot, dry, dusty wind that originates in North Africa and blows across Egypt, usually between April and June, ahead of depressions which move eastward or north-eastward in the Mediterranean Sea or across North Africa, with high pressure to the east. The term is also applied to very strong southerly or south-westerly winds in the Red Sea. See dust storm.

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khamsin

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

khamsin Hot, dry, dusty wind originating in N. Africa and blowing across Egypt, usually between April and June, ahead of depressions which move eastward or north-eastward in the Mediterranean Sea or across N. Africa, with high pressure to the east. The term is also applied to very strong southerly or south-westerly winds in the Red Sea.

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