ghibli

G2H4I1B3L1I1
/ˈɡɪbli/

noun

sirocco

OriginItalian ghibli ← Arabic قِبْلِيّ →
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Meanings

nounghibli (plural ghiblis)

plural ghiblis

  1. sirocco

    Strong the Ghiblee wind is blowing, / Strange and large the world is growing!

    1895, John Greenleaf Whittier, “Song of Slaves in the Desert”, in The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 301

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sirocco

Origin

  1. Arabicقِبْلِيّ“coming from the qibla”
  2. Italianghibli
  3. Englishghibli

From Italian ghibli, from the Libyan Arabic form of Standard Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic. Distant doublet of cabal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ghibli

glibly
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Cite this entry
APA

ghibli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghibli

MLA

“ghibli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghibli. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghibli,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghibli.

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