Meanings
plural sandstorms · alternative sand storm
- A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
Near-synonyms: duststorm, duster (broadly synonymous), haboob
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There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call it.
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114 footnoteBillions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved across the surface.
2026 July 15, “Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm”, in Julie Stoltz, Rafael Alanis, editors, NASA, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026Synonyms: duststorm, duster[Appendix:Glossary, haboob
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
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Translations
Afrikaans sandstorm
- sandstormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Arabic عَاصِفَةٌ رَمْلِيَّة
- عَاصِفَةٌ رَمْلِيَّة (ʕāṣifatun ramliyya)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Bulgarian пя́съчна бу́ря
- пя́съчна бу́ря (pjásăčna búrja)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Chinese Mandarin 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴
- 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴 (shāchénbào)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Czech písečná bouře
- písečná bouřestrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Danish sandstorm
- sandstormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Dutch zandstorm
- zandstormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Esperanto sabloŝtormo
- sabloŝtormostrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Estonian liivatorm
- liivatormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Finnish hiekkamyrsky
- hiekkamyrskystrong wind carrying clouds of sand
French tempête de sable
- tempête de sablestrong wind carrying clouds of sand
German Sandsturm
- Sandsturmstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Greek αμμοθύελλα
- αμμοθύελλα (ammothýella)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Hindi बालू का तूफ़ान, रेतीला तूफ़ान
- बालू का तूफ़ान (bālū kā tūfān)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
- रेतीला तूफ़ान (retīlā tūfān)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Hungarian homokvihar
- homokviharstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Icelandic sandstormur, sandbylur
- sandstormurstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
- sandbylurstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Indonesian badai pasir
- badai pasirstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Irish stoirme ghaineamh
- stoirme ghaineamhstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Italian tempesta di sabbia
- tempesta di sabbiastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Japanese 砂嵐
- 砂嵐 (sunaarashi)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Korean 모래폭풍
- 모래폭풍 (moraepokpung)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Latvian smilšu vētra
- smilšu vētrastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Lithuanian smėlio audra
- smėlio audrastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Malay ribut pasir
- ribut pasirstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Māori marangai kirikiri, āwhā onepū
- marangai kirikiristrong wind carrying clouds of sand
- āwhā onepūstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Norwegian Bokmål sandstorm
- sandstormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Polish burza piaskowa, burza pyłowa
- burza piaskowastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
- burza pyłowastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Portuguese tempestade de areia
- tempestade de areiastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Romanian furtună de nisip
- furtună de nisipstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Russian песча́ная бу́ря
- песча́ная бу́ря (pesčánaja búrja)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Slovak piesočná búrka
- piesočná búrkastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Spanish tormenta de arena
- tormenta de arenastrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Swedish sandstorm
- sandstormstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Turkish kum fırtınası
- kum fırtınasıstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
Ukrainian піща́на бу́ря
- піща́на бу́ря (piščána búrja)strong wind carrying clouds of sand
Vietnamese bão cát
- bão cátstrong wind carrying clouds of sand
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Cite this entry
sandstorm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandstorm
“sandstorm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandstorm. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandstorm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandstorm.
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