[ noun ] a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa <noun.phenomenon>
Simoom \Si*moom"\, Simoon \Si*moon"\, n. [Ar. sam?m, fr. samma to poison. Cf. {Samiel}.] A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
Samiel \Sa"mi*el\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. {Simoom}.] A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the {simoom} of Arabia and the {kamsin} of Syria.