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sirocco::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dust storm, duster, sandstorm |
| Type of | windstorm |
Examples of sirocco
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Windmills on salt flats north of Marsala are turned by the North African sirocco.
From the latimes.com
It was a furnace-blast sirocco in hot weather and a numbing chill in cold.
From the online.wsj.com
Sea breezes may mitigate the heat, but sometimes the sirocco winds reverse the trend.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The first results of model predictions received from the SIROCCO Group at the University of Toulouse are being assessed.
From the scienceblogs.com
Sirocco winds with speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour are most common during the autumn and the spring.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Higher wind velocities are more often recorded in cooler months along the coast, generally as bura or less frequently as sirocco.
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The sirocco reaching the south of France is much dryer than the marin, which is a warm, humid wind also moving to the northwest.
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Sirocco winds are not uncommon in the city, and as such, many of Benghazi's smaller streets and buildings can be quite dusty.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That day, driven by a strong sirocco wind, the tide reached a height of 194 cm above the tidal datum, the highest ever recorded in the history of Venice.
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- Dust storm: a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"
- Sirocco is the second album from Australian rock band Australian Crawl. It was released in July, 1981 and on August 3, it topped the Australian charts where it remained for six weeks, the band's first of two albums to hit #1. ...
- Sirocco is an Australian music group that began in 1980 with three musicians: Bill O'Toole, Guy Madigan and Andrew de Teliga. In 1981 Michael Atherton joined and the group recorded their first album Paths of the Wind.
- Sirocco will become the fifth station of the West (Route 202 extension) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta once the West route is completed in 2012.
- Sirocco is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in New Mutants Annual #7.
- Sirocco is a 1951 American film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and written by A.I. Bezzerides and Hans Jacoby. It is based on the novel Coup de Grace written by Joseph Kessel. The drama features Humphrey Bogart, Mu00E4rta Toru00E9n, Lee J. Cobb, among others.
- Sirocco is a play, in four acts, by Noel Coward. It originally opened at Daly's Theatre, on November 24, 1927. The production was directed by Basil Dean.
- Sirocco is the world's largest all open-air restauranthttp://bangkok.lebua.com/fooddrink-en.html#mainText0 and "Sky Bar", located on the 64th floor of the State Tower in Bangkok, Thailand, which is the second tallest building in Thailand. ...
- Sunk by the Schnellboot S-23 and S-26 on 31 May;
