noun
- a hot, dry wind that blows from the Sahara across the Mediterranean to southern Europe
Usage: meteorological
Examples
- The sirocco brought dust and extremely high temperatures to Sicily.
- Farmers worried about their crops during the three-day sirocco.
- The sirocco made the air thick and difficult to breathe.
- Weather forecasters predicted the sirocco would reach Italy by evening.
- The sirocco carried sand from North Africa across the sea.
- Local residents closed their windows to keep out the sirocco’s dust.