Definition of Siroc

1. n. See Sirocco.

Definition of Siroc

1. a hot, gusty wind [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Siroc

sirius
sirkar
sirkars
sirkeer
sirkeers
sirloin
sirloin steak
sirloin tip
sirloins
sirmark
sirmarks
sirname
sirnamed
sirnames
sirnaming
siroc (current term)
sirocco
siroccos
sirocs
sirohaem
sirohaems
siroheme
sirohemes
sirohydrochlorin
sirolimus
sirra
sirrah
sirrahs
sirras
sirred

Literary usage of Siroc

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"... or siroc Wind— Ruins of Kisra Shereen—We are visited by Robbers— Dangerous Adventure. WE continued our march for about five miles over a succession of ..."

2. Rambles in Egypt and Candia: With Details of the Military Power and by Charles Rochfort Scott (1837)
"... and Yousef serve as barriers against the Sandy Desert — siroc Wind — Ruins at Gau el Ke- beer—Tribe of Bedouins—Poverty of ..."

3. Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"... or siroc Wind—Ruins of Kisra Shereen—We are visited by Robbers—Dangerous Adventure. -WE continued our march for about five miles over a succession of ..."

4. Six Years Residence in Algiers by Elizabeth Broughton (1840)
"... Plague—Exemption in favour of the English Janissary—Vessel wrecked beneath the British Garden Sicilian Slaves captured by Rais Amido—siroc wind— Cruel ..."

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