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ghibli

/ˈɡɪbli/

ghibli noun: sirocco.

Noun

ghibli (plural ghiblis)

  1. sirocco
    • Strong the Ghiblee wind is blowing, / Strange and large the world is growing!1895, John Greenleaf Whittier, “Song of Slaves in the Desert”, in The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 301

Forms of ghibli

pluralghiblis

Origin of ghibli

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.

Words that rhyme with ghibli

Questions about ghibli

What does ghibli mean?
Ghibli means sirocco.
What part of speech is ghibli?
Ghibli is a noun.
How do you pronounce ghibli?
Ghibli is pronounced /ˈɡɪbli/.
What is the plural of ghibli?
The plural of ghibli is ghiblis.

Words near ghibli in the dictionary

  1. Ghibeline
  2. Ghibelines
  3. Ghibelline
  4. Ghibellines
  5. Ghibellinism
  6. ghibli
  7. Ghibli-esque
  8. Ghibliesque
  9. Ghiblification
  10. Ghiblified
  11. Ghiblifies

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