kamseen
/kæmˈsiːn/
noun
- A hot, dry, and dusty wind that blows in Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, usually in spring.
- Farmers in the Nile Delta prepare for the kamseen by covering their crops with cloth.
- During the kamseen, the sky turns a hazy yellow and the temperature rises sharply.
- The kamseen swept across the desert, covering everything in a fine layer of sand.
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