Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Siroccos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sirocco \Si*roc"co\, n.; pl. {Siroccos}. [It. sirocco, scirocco,
Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr,
sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. {Saracen}.]
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly
experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
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