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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIMOOM', n. A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows in Arabia.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

or simoon noun Etymology: Arabic sam?m Date: 1790 a hot dry violent dust-laden wind from Asian and African deserts

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also simoon) a hot dry dust-laden wind blowing at intervals esp. in the Arabian desert. Etymology: Arab. samum f. samma to poison

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also simoon) Samiel, khamsin, harmattan.