HARMATTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does harmattan mean? 

• HARMATTAN (noun)
  The noun HARMATTAN has 1 sense:

1. a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter

  Familiarity information: HARMATTAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARMATTAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("harmattan" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)