Harmattans [noun]
Definition of Harmattans:
dust- or sand-carrying windstorm
Opposite/Antonyms of Harmattans:
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Sentence/Example of Harmattans:
The mean temperature in the dry season, when the “harmattan” is frequent, is 62 Fahr., in the wet season 86.
The Harmattan, a very dry east wind from the African continent, occasionally makes itself felt.
A hot wind, like the harmattan of the Guinea coast, rose and drove the sand before it in clouds.
This harmattan, by the way, is a bit of a meteorological mystery.
The harmattan prevails for several days in succession, and alternates with winds from the south and south-west.
The dry east wind known as the harmattan blows intermittently from December to March.
Those storms which are accompanied with a clear sky, as the northers of the Gulf of Mexico, the harmattan of Africa, &c.
Acrid, implacable-impotent; dull-drawling, barren as the Harmattan-wind!