harmattan
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3ADJ.
fierce
VERB + HARMATTAN
come
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from, in
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noun
A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
Storm-clouds stretched their arms across the sky; from the east, to all appearances, might come a fierce harmattan, or from the south might come the fierce hurricane.
That was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.
A season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows.
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2Storm-clouds stretched their arms across the sky; from the east, to all appearances, might come a fierce harmattan, or from the south might come the fierce hurricane.
WiktionaryThat was many years ago, twenty years or more, and during this time Okonkwo's fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.
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