noun
- plural of scirocco; hot, dry winds that blow from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe
Usage: meteorological term
Examples
- The sciroccos brought dust storms across Sicily in late summer.
- Farmers worried about their crops when the sciroccos began blowing.
- The sciroccos made the already hot weather nearly unbearable.
- Weather forecasters predicted that sciroccos would affect the region for several days.
- The sciroccos carried sand from the Sahara Desert to Malta.
- Local residents closed their windows when the sciroccos arrived.