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Definition of ghibli in English: ghiblinounˈɡɪbli mass nounA hot, dry southerly wind of North Africa. Example sentencesExamples - Fierce winds - the khamsin and the ghibli - threw dust into men's faces, obscuring the battlefield.
- Spring and summer can bring the hot, dusty sirocco wind from the Sahara to Malta, Italy and Greece, while France sometimes gets the strong mistral, and the ghibli blows across from north-west Africa towards Spain.
Origin Early 19th century: from Arabic qiblī 'southern'. |