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| si·roc·co [ sə rókō ] (plural si·roc·cos) or sci·roc·co [ sə rókō ] (plural sci·roc·cos) |
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oppressive hot Mediterranean wind: a hot dusty humid southeast wind in southern Europe that begins in the Sahara and picks up moisture as it crosses the Mediterranean
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| [Early 17th century. Via French< Italian scirocco< Arabic sharūq "east"] |
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