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A hot oppressive dust-laden wind from the Libyan deserts that blows on the northern Mediterranean coast chiefly in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

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  • SANCHEZ: The Volkswagen Iroc, as in middle of the word scirocco, is a two-door sportster as well.
  • My window is open, and a scirocco-like wind occasionally billows against the sheer curtains.
  • A few days ago, I was sleeping in Venice with afternoons in the 80s, a dry desert scirocco moving wind chimes.
  • Generally speaking, such locations are not going to experience foen / scirocco / chinook / santa ana conditions.
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