Sirocco

(n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

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Santa Ana, chinook, chinook wind, devil, dust storm, foehn, harmattan, hot wind, khamsin, peesash, samiel, sandstorm, shaitan, simoom, snow eater, solano, thawer, volcanic wind