harmattan
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of harmattan
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
“Storm-clouds stretched their arms across the sky; from the east, to all appearances, might come a fierce harmattan, or from the south might come the fierce hurricane.”
“That was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.”
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noun
-
A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
“Storm-clouds stretched their arms across the sky; from the east, to all appearances, might come a fierce harmattan, or from the south might come the fierce hurricane.”
“That was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.”
- A season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows.
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Etymology
From Twi Akan haramata or a related word (whence also Spanish harmatán). The ultimate origin is supposed by some to be an Arabic word, but which one is uncertain; حَرَام (ḥarām, “accursed thing”) has been suggested.
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