Simoom or Simoon, a hot, dry wind-storm common to the arid regions of Africa, Arabia, and parts of India; the storm moves in cyclone (circular) form, carrying clouds of dust and sand, and produces on men and animals a suffocating effect.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Simonides of Ceos * Simplon