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sirocco🔊

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

📑 Synonyms: ghibli
💬 Quotations
like the blasting Siroc of the sands, / The ruin of the royal voice / Found its way everywhere
I listened to every blast of wind as if it were a dull ugly siroc on its way to consume me.

(colloquial) A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.

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