(n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those hopes died, like autumn leaves, blown away by a withering sirocco of regressive measures and reimposed emergency laws.
(2) Thirty two windy days that were neither bora nor sirocco were not studied.
(3) And into this advanced decomposition other deathly winds are blowing: Islamic State the sirocco of the north; and al-Qaida, the southerly harmattan sweeping up from Niger and Mali.
(4) The cumulative frequencies of PAF during bora, sirocco and calm weather were determined.
(5) The greatest contribution to this correlation was exerted by sirocco in patients over 50 years of age.
(6) These sufferings, typical for Föhn, Tramontana, Sirocco, Sharkiye, Chamssin, Sharav and Santa Ana Winds, are mainly due to positive ionisation of the air.