monsoon
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From Arabic موسم (mausim), “‘season’”) < وسم (wásama), “‘to mark, to brand’”), through Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson. [1][2]
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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.
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wind
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tropical rainy season
rain
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meteorological system
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[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 Houghton Mifflin
- ^ A Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English Platts.

