Sirocco

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Origin: Arabic

Meaning: from Arabic sharq meaning "east", used to refer to an intensely hot wind that blows from the Sahara desert across North Africa to parts of Southern Europe.

Pronounced suh-rok-oh.


Variants:

• Scirocco (Italian, Spanish) the plural form of Sirocco, pronounced shu-rok-oh
• Siroc (Occitan)
• Eisseroc (Occitan)
• Siroco (Spanish)
• Xaloc (Catalan)