different between sandstorm vs haboob

English

Alternative forms

• sand storm

Pronunciation

Etymology

sand +? storm

Noun

sandstorm (plural sandstorms)

1. A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.

Synonyms

• duststorm

Translations

Anagrams

• Sandstrom

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zandstorm. Equivalent to sand +? storm.

Noun

sandstorm (plural sandstorms)

1. sandstorm

Danish

Etymology

From sand +? storm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanst?rm/, [?san?sd???m]

Noun

sandstorm c (singular definite sandstormen, plural indefinite sandstorme)

1. sandstorm

Inflection

See also

• sandstorm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Icelandic

Noun

sandstorm

1. indefinite accusative singular of sandstormur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sand +? storm

Noun

sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormer, definite plural sandstormene)

1. a sandstorm

Related terms

• støvstorm

References

• “sandstorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From sand +? storm

Noun

sandstorm m (definite singular sandstormen, indefinite plural sandstormar, definite plural sandstormane)

1. a sandstorm

Related terms

• støvstorm

References

• “sandstorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

sandstorm c

1. sandstorm

Declension

English

Etymology

Arabic ??????? (hab?b, “strong wind”), from the root ? ? ?? (h-b-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??bu?b/

Noun

haboob (plural haboobs)

1. A violent sandstorm or duststorm in the deserts of Arabia, North Africa, India, or North America.

   Coordinate term: duster

   • 2013, Giles Slade, American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Flight for Survival, New Society Publishers (?ISBN), page 154:

     Americans used to call these storms “dusters,” but as a sign of increasing globalization, most news outlets now call them by their Gulf Arabic name haboob. […] In Blackwell, Oklahoma 21, 2012, a haboob with a storm front two miles across closed the town and stopped all traffic on I-35 while causing about half a million dollars in damage.

Translations

Further reading

• haboob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia