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Seistan|ˈsiːstɑːn|
Also seistan.
[The name of a low-lying region of eastern Iran and south-western Afghanistan.]
A strong north-westerly wind prevalent in this region in the summer months. Also attrib., as Seistan wind.
1906Geogr. Jrnl. XXVIII. 224 The extraordinary frequency and violence of the Seistan wind, and the regularity with which it blows from the same quarter, are very remarkable. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 754/1 Seistan, the 120-day summer north wind in E. Persia. 1959R. E. Huschke Gloss. Meteorol. 503 The seistan is associated..with the deep summer-time low over northwest India. 1967R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Atmospheric Sci. & Astrogeology 1155/2 The ‘seistan’ or ‘Wind of 120 days’ is the characteristic wind of Seistan in eastern Iran, which blows from late May till the end of September, from north-northwest, sometimes with velocities from 70–120 mph. |