SAMIEL

simoom, simoon, samiel

(noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

samiel (plural samiels)

A hot desert wind, simoom.

Anagrams

• Lamies, Maisel, Misael, Salemi, e-mails, emails, mesail, mesial

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"mi*el, n. Etym: [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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