SIROCCO  , a name applied to two quite distinct types of See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind . The first type is the characteristic wind of the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season in the Mediterranean region, and is associated with the eastern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of local depression or cyclones, in which the See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather is moist, cloudy and rainy, the prevailing directions being See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . The second type is the intensely dry dust-laden wind of the See also:

• DESERT

desert which receives this name in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy especially, where the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general direction is south-east or south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . Local winds of this latter type receive a See also:

• GREAT

great variety of names in different parts of the Mediterranean and surrounding regions (see See also:

• LEVECHE

LEVECHE, See also:

• LESTE

LESTE, See also:

• KHAMSIN (Arabic for " fifty ")

KHAMSIN, See also:

• SIMOOM, or SAMUM

SIMOOM) .