From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsiroccosi‧roc‧co /səˈrɒkəʊ $ -ˈrɑːkoʊ/ noun (plural siroccos) [countable] HEMa hot wind that blows from the desert of North Africa across to southern Europe
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sirocco• Then I remembered the room of the sirocco in a Sicilian palace made of pink volcanic sugar.Origin sirocco (1600-1700) Italian scirocco, from Arabic sharq “east” 