sirocco
sirocco · siroccos
сирокко
Scirocco, Schirokko
A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that…A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
/sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/
Meaning
2 sensesA hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
Scirocco, Schirokko
сиро́ккоsirókko
(colloquial)A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
More definitions
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).
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Forms
plural: siroccosSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand:dust stormdustersandstorm
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsiroccoish