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What is a sirocco?

What is a sirocco? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A hot southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.
  2. A draft of hot air from an artificial source of heat.
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On 23 July, in Corsica, the heat was exceptional: 44 degrees, very dry air and a very strong sirocco wind.
These policies provide grape producers and olive growers with a cover against climate risks, namely hail, freeze, sirocco, storms and floods.
The warm sirocco wind blowing up from the Sahara can make diving conditions rough off southern coasts in spring and summer.
For the hand he held was shaking like some slender-stalked lily in the clutch of the sirocco.
The warm sirocco that blows off the Sahara often makes the sea rough along southern shores, and all diving is then done on the north shore.
The sirocco, a hot, very humid, and oppressive wind, blows frequently from Africa and the Middle East.

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