Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

east monsoon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: east- -mon-soon
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In eastern Indonesia and the Moluccas, the seasonal monsoon bringing winds predominantly from the east or southeast; equivalent to the modern southeast monsoon.

Example Sentences

"It appears, however, that owing to the general direction of the island of Ceram (E.S.E. and W.N.W.), there is a heavy surf and scarcely any shelter on the south coast during the west monsoon, when alone a journey to the eastward can be safely made; while during the east monsoon, when I proposed to return along the north coast to Wahai, I should probably find that equally exposed and dangerous."

Inflected Forms

east monsoons (plural)

Questions

What does east monsoon mean?: In eastern Indonesia and the Moluccas, the seasonal monsoon bringing winds predominantly from the east or southeast; equivalent to the modern southeast monsoon.

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