Sirocco
noun, plural siroccos.
1.
a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
2.
a warm, sultry south or southeast wind accompanied by rain, occurring in the same regions.
3.
any hot, oppressive wind, especially one in the warm sector of a cyclone.
noun (pl) -cos
1.
a hot oppressive and often dusty wind usually occurring in spring, beginning in N Africa and reaching S Europe
2.
any hot southerly wind, esp one moving to a low pressure centre
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