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
Word origin
C17: from Italian, from Arabic sharq east wind
sirocco in American English
(səˈrɑkoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralsiˈroccos
1.
a hot, steady, oppressive wind blowing from the Libyan deserts across the Mediterranean into S Europe, often bringing dust and sometimes accompanied by rain
2.
any hot, oppressive wind, esp. one blowing toward a center of low barometric pressure
Word origin
It < Ar sharq, the east < sharaqa, to rise (of the sun)
Examples of 'sirocco' in a sentence
sirocco
But this sirocco weather never lasts more than three days and the forecasts are quite good.