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1171:(1996) there is a scene in which Count László Almásy regales Katharine Clifton with histories of named winds, one of them being the "Simoon." Alluding to the records of Herodotus, Almásy tells Katharine that there was once a certain Arabic people who deemed the "Simoon" so evil that they marched out to meet it ranked as an army, "their swords raised."
1045:(1897), Lucy, describing the appearance of Dracula in her room, writes in her journal entry on September 17 that "a whole myriad of little specks seemed to come blowing in through the broken window, and wheeling and circling round like the pillar of dust that travellers describe when there is a simoom in the desert."
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1159:Boomerang
1127:'s novel
1112:Anaïs Nin
1052:'s novel
1039:'s novel
1014:'s novel
829:poisonous
825:sāmm سامّ
591:Heat wave
586:Cold wave
530:Chemistry
381:Ice storm
371:Firestorm
283:Polar low
251:Landspout
234:Supercell
195:Lightning
173:Downburst
129:Harmattan
63:Part of
1384:Skeptoid
1288:66-23873
1192:See also
1110:(1936),
1097:(1932),
1090:(1929).
1065:' novel
893:khamasin
835:meaning
827:meaning
462:Freezing
423:Freezing
386:Blizzard
65:a series
1208:Sirocco
1182:Jamuraa
1042:Dracula
1024:in the
887:reads:
877:cyclone
821:samyeli
818:Turkish
616:Extreme
562:Physics
552:Climate
540:Physics
430:Graupel
418:Drizzle
366:Sirocco
349:Monsoon
320:Typhoon
278:Cyclone
241:Tornado
188:Derecho
73:Weather
1286:
1198:Haboob
980:Walden
907:Goleta
814:samiel
810:simoon
808:, and
806:simoun
798:samoon
774:Jordan
770:Sahara
740:Arabic
736:Simoon
624:Canada
579:Season
509:Topics
354:Amihan
342:Haboob
337:Simoom
149:Storms
104:Autumn
99:Summer
94:Spring
89:Winter
51:Effect
29:Simoon
1407:Winds
1150:album
928:adobe
896:sand.
885:Egypt
802:samun
782:Syria
756:s-m-m
752:س م م
747:samūm
629:Japan
557:Cloud
545:River
494:Slush
156:Cloud
1284:LCCN
1135:upon
965:Java
909:and
837:wind
792:Name
778:Iraq
744:سموم
611:List
574:Mist
474:Snow
457:Rain
435:Hail
361:Gale
1123:In
1104:In
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