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Definition of Monsoons
1. monsoon [n] - See also: monsoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monsoons
Literary usage of Monsoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"monsoons, It is in the Indian Ocean alone that the famous monsoon,?, °ear|lf"
or ^a'^ ... On this side the 10th degree, we first meet with the monsoons* or ..."
2. Elements of Meteorology, with Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1869)
"monsoons. In certain countries within and near the tropics, the regular action
of the trade wind ia destroyed by the monsoons, which are periodical gales, ..."
3. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1851)
"monsoons. In certain countries within and near the tropics, the regular action
of the trade wind is destroyed by the monsoons, which are periodical gales, ..."
4. The Saturday Magazine (1838)
"These winds are called monsoons. The term monsoon, or, according to the ...
The breaking tip of the monsoons, or periodical changes in the direction of ..."
5. The Physical Geography of the Sea, and Its Meteorology by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1874)
"The African monsoons of the Atlantic (Plate VIII.), the monsoons of the gulf of
Mexico, and the Central American monsoons of the Pacific are, ..."
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