[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

khamsin \khamsin`\, n.
   same as kamsin.
   1913 webster
see also:
kamsin 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kamsin \kamsin"\, khamsin \khamsin"\, n. ar. khamsimacn,
   fr. khams=un, oblique case khamsimacn, fifty; -- so
   called because it blows for about fifty days, from april till
   june.
   a hot southwesterly wind in egypt, coming from the sahara.
   written also khamseen.
   1913 webster
see also:
khamseen 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

khamsin
     n : an oppressively hot southerly wind from the sahara that
         blows across egypt in the spring

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