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monsoon
/mɑnˈsuːn/
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What does monsoon mean?
noun
- Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
- Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.
- The rains themselves.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.
- (figuratively) Any heavy rainstorm.
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In March, when the alarm was first raised, the southwest monsoon had set in, rendering the harbours inaccessible.
Most of the year is hot and dry while the monsoon rains come from dune through September.
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The relatively dry season sets in with the south-west monsoon, and lasts about two months; but in some years the rainfall during this season is hardly less abundant than during the rest of the year.
But he, being a man well experienced in the navigation of those seas, bid us all prepare against a storm, which accordingly happened the day following: for the southern wind, called the southern monsoon, began to set in.
These sultry days are the lull before the storm--the pause before the moisture-laden clouds of the monsoon roll over the land 'rugged and brown,' and the wild rattle of thunder and the lurid glare of quivering never-ceasing lightning herald in the annual rains.