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xaloc.

southeast

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ʃəˈlo̞k]Northern[ʃəˈlɔk]Balearic, Central[ʃaˈlɔk]Valencia[t͡ʃaˈlɔk]Valencia

  1. southeast

    masculine

  2. sirocco, southeast wind

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Likely from Old Occitan eissalot and its variants (e.g. exaloc), from Massalian Ancient Greek *ἐξαλώτης (*exalṓtēs), from ἔξαλος (éxalos, "out of the sea" → "wind from the southeast"). Traditionally thought to be a derivative of Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”).

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