Associations to the word «Harmattan»

Wiktionary

HARMATTAN, noun. A dry, hot wind, blowing from the Sahara, prevailing on the Atlantic coast of Africa in December, January and February.

Dictionary definition

HARMATTAN, noun. A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne