Etymology

sirocco

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Today it means: A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. Full definition →

Italian scirocco
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromscirocco
  2. Italian · borrowed fromscirocco
  3. English todaysirocco

Borrowed from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.