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31Sirocco — scirocco , jugo or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe. It is known in North Africa by the Arabic word qibli (قبلی i.e. coming from the qibla .)Origin …
32Bora (wind) — the North Wind. Feature The changeable Bora can often be felt all over Dalmatia and the rest of the Adriatic east coast. It blows in gusts. The Bora is most common during the winter. It blows hardest, as the meteorologist Baron Ferdinand von… …
33List of English words of Turkic origin — This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the Ottoman Empire. There are some Turkic words as well, most of them entered English via the… …
34Barbarikon — was the name of a sea port near the modern day city of Karachi, Pakistan, important in the Hellenistic era in Indian Ocean trade. It is mentioned briefly in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea:: This river [the Indus] has seven mouths, very… …
35Gregale — The Gregale is a Mediterranean wind that can occur during times when a low pressure area moves through the area to the south of Malta and causes a strong, cool, northeasterly wind to affect the island. It also affects other islands of the Western …
36Leveche — A warm wind in Spain, either a foehn wind or a hot southerly wind in advance of a low pressure area moving from the Sahara Desert. Called a sirocco in other parts of the Mediterranean area.ee also*Bora (wind) *Etesian *Gregale *Khamaseen… …
37Libeccio — The Libeccio is the westerly or south westerly wind which predominates in northern Corsica all the year round; it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls. In summer it is most persistent, but in winter it alternates with …
38Marin (wind) — The Marin is a warm, moist wind in the Gulf of Lion of France, blowing from the southeast or south southeast onto the coast of Languedoc and Roussillon. It brings rain to this region which it has picked up crossing the Mediterranean, and also can …
39Levantades — Gales from between north north east and east north east are the most important gales of the east coast of Spain. They are known locally as llevantades and are an intense form of the llevante or levanter, i.e., north easterly winds of long fetch,… …
40Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great — Alexander the Great s accomplishments and legacy have been preserved and depicted in many ways. Alexander has figured in works of both high and popular culture from his own era to the modern day. Contents 1 Ancient and Medieval Literature 1.1 In… …
