All harmattan synonyms
har·mat·tan
H h noun harmattan
- sandstorm — a windstorm, especially in a desert, that blows along great clouds of sand (distinguished from dust storm).
- devil — In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit.
- black blizzard — a dust storm.
- dust devil — a small whirlwind 10–100 feet (3–30 meters) in diameter and from several hundred to 1000 feet (305 meters) high, common in dry regions on hot, calm afternoons and made visible by the dust, debris, and sand it picks up from the ground.
- duster — a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- khamsin — a hot southerly wind, varying from southeast to southwest, that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.
- shaitan — Ash-Shaytān.
- simoom — a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa
- sirocco — a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.