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   monsoon

   /mɒnˈsuːn/

   noun

   • 1. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon).
   • ▪ the rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim ‘season’, from wasama ‘to mark, brand’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. monsoonal adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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