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Word: Monsoon
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim ‘season’, from wasama ‘to mark, brand’
mɒnˈsuːn
a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).
Short Definition:seasonal prevailing wind in region of South and SE Asia, blowing from south-west between May and September and bringing rain (wet monsoon), or from north-east
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