sirocco
Meanings
noun
- A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
- A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
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Etymology
From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
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