"simoom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈmuːm/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simoom.wav [Southern-England] Forms: simooms [plural]
enPR: sĭmo͞omʹ Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), from سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ar|سَمُوم||hot wind}} Arabic سَمُوم (samūm, “hot wind”), {{m|ar|سَمَّ||to poison}} سَمَّ (samma, “to poison”), {{root|en|ar|س م م}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} simoom (plural simooms)
  1. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. Wikipedia link: simoom Categories (topical): Wind Translations (hot, dry wind): سَمُوم (samūm) [masculine] (Arabic), սամում (samum) (Armenian), səmum (Azerbaijani), саму́м (samúm) [masculine] (Belarusian), саму́м (samúm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 西蒙風 (Chinese Mandarin), 西蒙风 (xīméngfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), samoem [masculine] (Dutch), samumo (Esperanto), simuno (Esperanto), samuum (Estonian), samum (Finnish), simoun [masculine] (French), სამუმი (samumi) (Georgian), Samum [masculine] (German), σιμούν (simoún) (Greek), számum (Hungarian), simun [masculine] (Italian), シムーン (shimūn) (Japanese), samum (Malay), سموم (samum) (Persian), samum [masculine] (Polish), simum [masculine] (Portuguese), саму́м (samúm) [masculine] (Russian), samum [masculine] (Slovene), simún [masculine] (Spanish), samum [common-gender] (Swedish), самум (samum) (Tajik), саму́м (samúm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), samum (Uzbek)

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