harmattan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of harmattan
1665–75; said to be < Twi haramata
Example Sentences
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We’ll have the silvery sea that is imperceptible from its upstairs neighbor, the sky — especially when the dry, dusty winds of the harmattan season are blowing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
There is no horizon, just a haze of sand whipped up by the hot, harmattan winds blowing from the Sahara Desert.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2017
It was a cold and dry harmattan morning in December.
From Time ● Nov. 16, 2016
I was walking to my uncle's house on a road baked and cracked by the harmattan.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
Her skin, usually the smooth brown of groundnut paste, looked like the liquid had been sucked out of it, ashen, like the color of cracked harmattan soil.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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