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har·mat·tan     (här'mə-tān', här-māt'n)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.


[Akan (Twi) haramata, possibly from Arabic ḥarām, evil thing, from ḥarama, to prohibit; see ḥrm in Semitic roots.]

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