Meaning & use
sirocco
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a hot wind that blows from the Sahara Desert across the Mediterranean, especially in spring.
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The sirocco carried fine reddish dust all the way to southern Italy.
A sudden sirocco raised temperatures across the island by ten degrees in a single afternoon.
A note on using this word
Sirocco is borrowed from Italian and is used mainly in the context of Mediterranean and North African weather.
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