What is an oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily called?
sirocco — An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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