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siroccos


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sirocco  \Si*roc"co\,  n.;  pl  {Siroccos}.  [It.  sirocco,  scirocco, 
  Ar  shorug,  fr  sharq  the  rising  of  the  sun,  the  east,  fr 
  sharaca  to  rise  as  the  sun.  Cf  {Saracen}.] 
  An  oppressive,  relaxing  wind  from  the  Libyan  deserts,  chiefly 
  experienced  in  Italy,  Malta,  and  Sicily. 




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