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Bookmark or Share- Sirocco - WikipediaSirocco ( / sɪˈrɒkoʊ / sih-RO-koh ), scirocco, or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season. Names. Sirocco derives from šurūq ( Arabic: شروق ), verbal noun of šaraqa, related to the East, aš-šarq.
- Sirocco Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of SIROCCO is a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
- Wind of the World: Sirocco (Scirocco) | woeurope.euLocation: Mediterranean Sea and coasts. The term Sirocco (sometimes also spelled Scirocco) is an all-inclusive name given to hot and subsequently humid southeast to southwest winds originating as hot, dry desert-air over Northern Africa, flowing northward into the southern Mediterranean basin.
- Sirocco | Saharan, Mediterranean & Dust Storm | BritannicaSirocco, warm, humid wind occurring over the northern Mediterranean Sea and southern Europe, where it blows from the south or southeast and brings uncomfortably humid air. The sirocco is produced on the east sides of low-pressure centres that travel eastward over the southern Mediterranean.
- Sirocco | Encyclopedia.comviews 2,814,225 updated May 29 2018. sirocco See scirocco. A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY. sirocco (sərŏk´ō) [Ital., from Arab. sharq=east], hot, dust-laden, dry, southerly wind originating in the N African desert (most commonly in the spring) and reaching Italy and nearby Mediterranean areas.
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