sirocco
noun /sɪˈrɒkəʊ/
/sɪˈrɑːkəʊ/
(also scirocco)
(plural siroccos)
- a hot wind that blows from Africa into southern EuropeTopics Weatherc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: via French from Italian scirocco, based on Spanish Arabic šalūq ‘east wind’.