\Si*roc"co\ (s[i^]*r[o^]k"k[-o]), n.
In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from
arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern
California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the
hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste
of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.

\Si*roc"co\, n.; pl. {Siroccos}. [It. sirocco, scirocco,
Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr,
sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. {Saracen}.]
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly
experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.