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sirocco
[ suh-rok-oh ]
noun
, plural si·roc·cos.
- a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- a warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain, occurring in the same regions.
- any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
sirocco
/ sɪˈrɒkəʊ /
noun
- a hot oppressive and often dusty wind usually occurring in spring, beginning in N Africa and reaching S Europe
- any hot southerly wind, esp one moving to a low pressure centre
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sirocco1
First recorded in 1610–20; from Italian, variant of scirocco, from Arabic sharq “east”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sirocco1
C17: from Italian, from Arabic sharq east wind
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Example Sentences
The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.
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The sirocco was driving the clouds in the direction of the Via Farnesina, and the yellow floods shimmered gaily.
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He observed that their appearance coincided with the return of the sirocco, which blows in Sicily on its western side.
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It was blowing a sirocco, with thick rain and a heavy sea, nevertheless we all stood on the bridge to watch the hazardous venture.
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He was perfectly familiar with the various stages of the sirocco, as he had long ago named her outbursts.
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