simoon

2 definitions found

simoon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Simoom \Si*moom"\, Simoon \Si*moon"\, n. [Ar. sam?m, fr. samma
     to poison. Cf. Samiel.]
     A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows
     occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries,
     generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy
     plains.
     [1913 Webster]

simoon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  simoon
      n 1: a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and
           North Africa [syn: simoom, simoon, samiel]