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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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