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sirocco
noun si·roc·co \shə-ˈrä-(ˌ)kō, sə-\
plural si·roc·cos
Definition of SIROCCO
1
a : a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily b : a warm moist oppressive southeast wind in the same regions
2
: a hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region
Variants of SIROCCO
si·roc·co also sci·roc·co \shə-ˈrä-(ˌ)kō, sə-\
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Origin of SIROCCO
Italian scirocco, sirocco, alteration of Old Italian scilocco, from Arabic dialect (Maghreb) šlōq southeast wind, alteration of Arabic shalūq, shulūq
First Known Use: 1617
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