Talk:Monsoon

No discussion of its effect on the Horn of Africa

(A note to future editors if I fail to get back here to fix this.) One oversight here is the important effect the Monsoon over the Arabian Sea has on the Ethiopian highlands: in effect, it creates a Winter season there from around March to October! (IIRC, the locals actually do name this rainy season as "Winter".) Robbing the Highlands of the tropical summer gives this land an unexpected temperate climate, which has led some early travellers to consider Ethiopia a rich & fertile land. One last effect is that the water these Monsoon winds bring to Ethiopia are collected by the Nile, & lead to the river's famous flood stage in the middle of summer -- a phenomena that mystified the ancient Greeks, & led to much speculation on their part. -- llywrch (talk) 21:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I made this suggestion over 12 years ago, & still no one has acted on it. (I had forgotten I made this suggestion, & came here to suggest it again.) Would it encourage anyone to mention that this Monsoon not only permitted trade between Asia & the East coast of Africa across the open seas of Indian Ocean, but allowed people speaking a language related to the Polynesian languages to reach Madagascar & settle there? -- llywrch (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

A lie 154.161.26.20 (talk) 04:44, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Error in Article: Origin of Word Monsoon

The article states that "The term was first used in English in British India and neighbouring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area." In fact, the term Monsoon, or variants thereof, occur far earlier. In Jan Linschoten's Itinerario, for instance (1595). I created an acct so that I could add a note to that effect but am not able to edit because this article is semi-protected. Here's a passage:

"They sayle from thence into India but once every year, in the month of August till half September, because that throughout [the whole countries of] India they must sayle with Monssoyns, that is, with the tides of the year, which they name by the windes, which blow certaine monthes in the yeare, whereby they make their account to goe and come from the one place to the other, and the time that men may commonly sayle betweene Mossambique and India, is 30. dayes little more or lesse, and then they stay in India till the month of Aprill, when the wiude or Monssoyn2 commeth againe [to serve them] for Mossambique, so that every yeare once, there *goeth and commeth one shippe for the Captaine that carrieth and bringeth his marchandise...."

This is from Jan Huygen van Linschoten, The Voyage of John Huyghen Van Linschoten to the East Indies: From the Old English Translation of 1598: the First Book, Containing His Description of the East Vol 1, Edited by Pieter Anton Tiele, and Arthur Coke Burnell (London: Hakluyt Society, 1885 [original English is 1597 original Dutch is 1595]), p. 33. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MonsoonAsia (talk • contribs) 13:59, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2021

months from which monsoon start in India 2405:201:4016:6811:C0BB:62A2:E8E1:EDBE (talk) 14:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. EN-Jungwon 16:28, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2021

Please change "The English monsoon came from Portuguese monção, ultimately from Arabic mawsim (موسم "season"), "perhaps partly via early modern Dutch monson.""

To:

The old, colloquial Cantonese phrase for huge rainstorms in Southern China is 'mun-seoi', which literally translates to full of water. Monsoon is likely a British phonetic translation of 'mun-seoi'. 滿 (mun) http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2454/ 水 (seoi) http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/28/ Bluewhale09 (talk) 04:24, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

References

metal gear monsoon

what about the monsoon form the metal gear games? 173.90.119.124 (talk) 23:56, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Merge Monsoon circulation here

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Moot merge discussion, already redirected. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 14:49, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

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The info at Monsoon circulation seems like basic or intrinsic info about monsoons, the article is WP:REDUNDANTFORK, therefore it should be merged (or even just redirected) here. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 21:29, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

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Weather and Climate 154.161.26.20 (talk) 04:45, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

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