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Definition of: sirocco
(si·rok′ō) noun plural ·cos
1. A hot, dry, and dusty southerly wind blowing from the African coast to Italy, Sicily, and Spain.
2. A warm, sultry wind blowing from a warm region toward a center of low barometric pressure.
3. A southeast wind: the popular Italian name. [<Ital. scirocco <Arabic sharq the east, the rising sun <sharaqa rise]
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