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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  simoon 
  n  :  a  violent  hot  sand-laden  wind  on  the  deserts  of  Arabia  and 
  North  Africa  [syn:  {simoom},  {samiel}] 




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