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Sirocco ( ), scirocco, or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.
Sirocco derives from šurūq (), verbal noun of šaraqa, related to the East, aš-šarq. Various names for this wind in other languages include:
The Roman poet Horace refers to the sirocco at Trevico in Apulia as "Atabulus" (a Messapic word) in his account of his journey to... more