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HARMATTAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 955 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HARMATTAN , the name of a hot dry parching See also:

WIND
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind that blows during See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, See also:

JANUARY

January and See also:

FEBRUARY

February on the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of Upper See also:

GUINEA

Guinea, bringing a high dense haze of red dust which darkens the See also:

air . The natives smear their bodies with oil or See also:

FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat while this parching wind is blowing .

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