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The libeccio (/lɪˈbɛtʃioʊ/; Croatian: lebić[lěbitɕ]; Catalan: llebeig[ʎəˈβɛtʃ]; Maltese: Lbiċ; Greek: λίβας[ˈlivas]; Occitan: labech[laˈβetʃ])[a] is the south-westerly wind of the Western Mediterranean (which predominates in northern Corsica all 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 the Tramontane (north-east or north). The word libeccio is Italian, coming from Greek through Latin, and originally referred to the direction of Libya.
The libeccio blows from the south-west across the western and central Mediterranean basin. [1]