"harmattan" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \aʁ.ma.tɑ̃\ Forms: harmattans [plural]
  1. Alizé hivernal, froid, sec, poussiéreux, soufflant en Afrique de l’Ouest du Sahara vers le golfe de Guinée, entre la fin novembre et le milieu du mois de mars.
    Sense id: fr-harmattan-fr-noun-FRki3u41 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la météorologie Topics: meteorology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: harmattan (Anglais), hunturu (Haoussa), rowo (Tanjijili)

Inflected forms

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