sirocco (redirected from sciroccos)

si·roc·co  (s-rk) also sci·roc·co (sh-, s-)

n. pl. si·roc·cos also sci·roc·cos

1. A hot humid south or southeast wind of southern Italy, Sicily, and the Mediterranean islands, originating in the Sahara Desert as a dry dusty wind but becoming moist as it passes over the Mediterranean.

2. A hot or warm southerly wind, especially one moving toward a low barometric pressure center.

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[Italian, from Arabic arq, east; see rq in Semitic roots.]

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sirocco

Noun

pl -cos a hot stifling wind blowing from N Africa into S Europe [Italian]

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sirocco

1. a hot, dry, dust-laden wind that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast from Africa.
2. a sultry southeast wind in the same regions.
3. a hot, oppressive wind of cyclonic origin, as in Kansas.

See also: Wind

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sirocco - a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years" dust storm, duster, sandstorm windstorm - a storm consisting of violent winds

Translations

sirocco [sɪˈrɔkəu] n → sirocco m

sirocco [sɪˈrɔkəu] n → Schirokko m

sirocco [sɪˈrɔkəu] n → scirocco