The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
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Simoom
//sɪˈmuːm//
Synonyms for "simoom" (5 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَمُوم noun (hot, dry wind)
Armenian
1 entries- սամում noun (hot, dry wind)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- səmum noun (hot, dry wind)
Belarusian
1 entries- саму́м noun (hot, dry wind)
Bulgarian
1 entries- саму́м noun (hot, dry wind)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 西蒙風 /西蒙风 noun (hot, dry wind)
Dutch
1 entries- samoem noun (hot, dry wind)
Esperanto
2 entries- samumo noun (hot, dry wind)
- simuno noun (hot, dry wind)
Estonian
1 entries- samuum noun (hot, dry wind)
Finnish
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
French
1 entries- simoun noun (hot, dry wind)
Georgian
1 entries- სამუმი noun (hot, dry wind)
German
1 entries- Samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Greek
1 entries- σιμούν noun (hot, dry wind)
Hungarian
1 entries- számum noun (hot, dry wind)
Italian
1 entries- simun noun (hot, dry wind)
Japanese
1 entries- シムーン noun (hot, dry wind)
Malay
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Persian
1 entries- سموم noun (hot, dry wind)
Polish
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Portuguese
1 entries- simum noun (hot, dry wind)
Russian
1 entries- саму́м noun (hot, dry wind)
Slovene
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Spanish
1 entries- simún noun (hot, dry wind)
Swedish
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Tajik
1 entries- самум noun (hot, dry wind)
Ukrainian
1 entries- саму́м noun (hot, dry wind)
Uzbek
1 entries- samum noun (hot, dry wind)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar.
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