monsoon
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Arabic موسم (mausim, “season”), from وسم (wásama, “to mark, to brand”), through Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson. [1][2]
Noun [edit]
monsoon (plural monsoons)
- Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
- The rains themselves.
- Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
Translations [edit]
wind
tropical rainy season
rain
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meteorological system
References [edit]
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 Houghton Mifflin
- ^ A Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English Platts.
