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KHAMSIN (Arabic for " fifty ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 771 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KHAMSIN (Arabic for " fifty ")

KHAMSIN (Arabic for " fifty ") , a hot oppressive See also:

wind arising in the See also:

SAHARA

Sahara . It blows in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt at intervals for about fifty days during See also:

March, See also:

APRIL

April and May, and fills the See also:

air with See also:

sand . In See also:

GUINEA

Guinea the wind from the Sahara is known as See also:

HARMATTAN

harmattan (q.v.) .

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