- Hot African wind
- Hot wind
- Oppressive North African wind
- Oppressive wind from N Africa
- Oppressive wind from North Africa
- An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts,
chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
- A hot southwesterly wind in Egypt, coming from the Sahara.
- Same as Kamsin.
- A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the
Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
- A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey,
from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the
kamsin of Syria.
- 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.
- A dry, hot wind, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of
Africa, in December, January, and February, blowing from the interior
or Sahara. It is usually accompanied by a haze which obscures the sun.