2007-01-20 13:28:06 · 7 answers · asked by Cheryle B 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
warm, humid wind over the Mediterranean Sea and southern Europe, where it blows from the south or southeast and brings rain and fog. The sirocco is produced on the front sides of low-pressure centres that travel eastward over the southern Mediterranean. It originates over North Africa as a dry wind and picks up moisture as it crosses the Mediterranean.
2007-01-20 13:32:13 · answer #1 · answered by young lions 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sirocco
One entry found for sirocco.
Main Entry: si·roc·co
Variant(s): also sci·roc·co /sh&-'rä-(")kO, s&-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -cos
Etymology: Italian scirocco, sirocco, alteration of Old Italian scilocco, from Arabic dialect (Maghreb) slOq southeast wind, alteration of Arabic shaluq, shuluq
1 a : a hot dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily b : a warm moist oppressive southeast wind in the same regions
2 : a hot or warm wind of cyclonic origin from an arid or heated region
2007-01-20 13:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by kevferg64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two things
one it is a type of Mediterrian style foods There is a restraunt in New york with that name
http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/3/39688/New-York/Upper-East-Side/Sirrocco.html
is a name of a Nokia 8800 Phone
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it is also..
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2007-01-20 13:43:11 · answer #3 · answered by Cherish B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's a desert wind. VW had a common theme going with wind names during the 90s: Golf, Passat, Jetta etc.
2007-01-20 13:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by makingthisup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the beat up piece of junk sitting in my garage, I believe it means the wind that blows acoss the sahara desert.
2007-01-20 13:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by xraygil1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a type of desert windstorm.
2007-01-20 13:30:55 · answer #6 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't there a car with that name?
2007-01-20 13:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋