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sandstorm
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See also: sand storm
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sandstorm (plural sandstorms)
- A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114 footnote:
- There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call it.
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Translations
strong wind carrying clouds of sand
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Noun
sandstorm (plural sandstorms)
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sandstorm c (singular definite sandstormen, plural indefinite sandstorme)
Inflection
See also
sandstorm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
References
Icelandic
Noun
sandstorm
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormer, definite plural sandstormene)
Related terms
References
- “sandstorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormar, definite plural sandstormane)
Related terms
References
- “sandstorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
sandstorm c
Declension
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