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monsoonal Definition


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monsoon
noun
    1. Especially in the area around the Indian Ocean and S Asia: a wind that blows from the NE in winter (the dry monsoon) and from the SW in summer (the wet monsoon).
    2. In India: the heavy rains that accompany the summer monsoon.
    3. colloq
      An extremely heavy fall of rain.
    4. Any strong, relatively constant wind that blows in opposite directions at different times of year.
Derivative: monsoonal
adj
    Etymology: 16c: from Dutch monssoen, ultimately from Arabic mawsim season.



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