sirocco : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sirocco	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sirocco
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sirocco n a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years" Synonym(s): dust storm, duster, sandstorm, sirocco
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sirocco \Siroc"co\ (s[icr]r[ocr]k"k[osl]), n. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.
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.