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Word: Haboob
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Arabic habūb ‘blowing furiously’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
həˈbuːb
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer in Sudan and elsewhere, bringing sand from the desert.
Short Definition:violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer in Sudan
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