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monsoon (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Early Dutch monssoen, from Portuguese mon?ao, from Arabic mawsim 'time, season']
[usually singular] the season, from about April to October, when it rains a lot in India and other southern Asian countries
the heavy rain that falls during the monsoon, or the wind that brings the rain