"sirocco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈɹɒkoʊ/, /ʃɪˈɹɒkoʊ/ Forms: siroccos [plural]
Etymology: From Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|scirocco||south-east wind}} Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sirocco (plural siroccos)
  1. A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions. Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: ghibli (alt: Libya) Translations (wind): رِيح شَلُوق (rīḥ šalūq) [feminine] (Arabic), xaloc [masculine] (Catalan), sirocco [masculine] (Dutch), siroko (Esperanto), širokko (Finnish), sirocco [masculine] (French), Scirocco [masculine] (German), Schirokko [masculine] (German), σιρόκος (sirókos) [masculine] (Greek), sirokkó (Hungarian), scirocco [masculine] (Italian), シロッコ (shirokko) (Japanese), xlokk [masculine] (Maltese), siròc [masculine] (Occitan), sirocco [neuter] (Polish), siroco [masculine] (Portuguese), xaroco [masculine] (Portuguese), сиро́кко (sirókko) [masculine] (Russian), jugo (Serbo-Croatian), siroco [masculine] (Spanish), sirocco (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sirocco-en-noun-0eOtGRsO Disambiguation of Wind: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'wind': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sirocco-en-noun--7QB8Zrn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sciroc, siroc [rare], scirocco

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