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Sirocco (/ s ɪ ˈ r ɒ k oʊ / sih-RO-koh) or scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.
The Volkswagen Scirocco is a three-door, front-engine, front-wheel-drive, sport compact hatchback manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen in two generations from 1974 to 1992 and a third generation from 2008 until 2017. Production ended without a successor.
Sirocco is a 1951 American thriller film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Humphrey Bogart, Märta Torén and Lee J. Cobb. [2] It was distributed by Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures and was based on the novel by the French author Joseph Kessel .
Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (French: Sirocco et le Royaume des Courants d'Air), also known as Sirocco and the Kingdom of Air Streams, [7] [8] is a 2023 Belgian-French animated film directed by Benoît Chieux . Chieux also wrote the screenplay, along with Alain Gagnol.
Sirocco (hatched 23 March 1997) [1] is a kākāpō, a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot, and one of the remaining living individuals numbering only 244 (as of 2024). [2] He achieved individual fame following an incident on the BBC television series Last Chance to See in which he attempted to mate with zoologist Mark Carwardine .
Inventor of air conditioning and founder of the Sirocco Engineering Works in Belfast Sir Samuel Cleland Davidson , KBE (18 November 1846 – 18 August 1921) was a British inventor and engineer. Through his career in the tea import business he invented and patented a number of industrial machines and developed the earliest air conditioning systems.
The prototype Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco exhibited at the 1965 Biggin Hill Air Fair at Biggin Hill Airport, Kent, in May 1965 MJ-5 Basic variant The type of engine fitted, and the type of landing gear, are indicated by suffixes to the designation. For example MJ-5K2. [6] [7] A - 67 kW (90 hp) Continental C90-8 or -14F B - 74.5 kW (100 hp) Continental O ...
The Nokia 8 Sirocco (TA-1005) is a high-end smartphone by HMD Global, running the Android One variant of Android. It was introduced at MWC in February 2018, and named after the Nokia 8800 Sirocco . The successor of the Nokia 8 Sirocco is the Nokia 9 PureView .