noun
Meaning 1
sirocco
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ghibli
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/ˈɡɪbli/
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rhymes with -ɪbli
History
Etymology
From Italian ghibli, from the Libyan Arabic form of Standard Arabic قِبْلِيّ (qibliyy, “coming from the qibla”), pronounced with an initial [ɡ] in Libyan Arabic. Distant doublet of cabal.
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