In the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, a card named "Simoon" first appeared in the Visions expansion set on a fictional continent of Jamuraa.

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The meaning of SIMOOM is a hot dry violent dust-laden wind from Asian and African deserts.

“Simoon” references the hot air that causes sandstorms in the Arabian Desert. The song itself is inspired by images of “Star Wars” characters R2-D2 and C-3PO walking in a desert.

A strong, hot, sand-laden wind of the Sahara and Arabian Deserts: "Stephen's heart had withered up like a flower of the desert that feels the simoom coming from afar" (James Joyce).

simoom, extremely hot and dry local wind in Arabia and the Sahara. Its temperature often reaches 55 °C (about 130 °F), and the humidity of the air sometimes falls below 10 percent. It is caused by intensive …

Definition of 'simoom' simoom in British English (sɪˈmuːm ) or simoon (sɪˈmuːn ) noun a strong suffocating sand-laden wind of the deserts of Arabia and North Africa