hurricane

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Etymology 1

From Spanish huracán, ultimately from the name of the Taino storm god Juracán whom the Taínos believed dwelled on El Yunque mountain and, when he was upset, sent the strong winds and rain upon them.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

  1. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 75 miles per hour (120.7 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
  2. (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm
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  • Afrikaans: orkaan af(af)
  • Arabic: زوبعة شديدة (záwbaʕa šadīda) f.
  • Armenian: փոթորիկ hy(hy) (p'ot'orik), մրրիկ hy(hy) (mrrik), հողմ hy(hy) (hoġm)
  • Bosnian: orkan bs(bs) m., uragan bs(bs) m.
  • Bulgarian: ураган bg(bg)
  • Catalan: huracà
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 颶風 cmn(cmn), 飓风 cmn(cmn) (jùfēng)
  • Croatian: uragan hr(hr) m.
  • Danish: orkan da(da) c.
  • Dutch: orkaan nl(nl) f.
  • Esperanto: uragano eo(eo)
  • Finnish: hurrikaani fi(fi), hirmumyrsky fi(fi)
  • French: ouragan fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: ქარიშხალი ka(ka), ურაგანი ka(ka)
  • German: Hurrikan de(de) m., Orkan de(de) m.
  • Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος (anemostróstrovilos) m., κυκλώνας (kyklónas) m.
  • Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq kl(kl)
  • Hindi: अंधड़ (a.ndha.d)
  • Hungarian: hurrikán hu(hu)
  • Ido: uragano io(io)
  • Italian: uragano it(it) m.
  • Japanese: (just a wind) 暴風 ja(ja) (bōfū); (including rain) 暴風雨 ja(ja) (bōfū-u); (literally) ハリケーン ja(ja) (harikēn)
  • Korean: please add this translation if you can
  • Lithuanian: uraganas lt(lt) m.
  • Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
  • Norwegian: orkan no(no)
  • Polish: huragan pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: furacão pt(pt) m.
  • Punjabi: ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨ (tūfān)
  • Romanian: uragan ro(ro) n.
  • Russian: ураган ru(ru) (uragán) m.
  • Scottish Gaelic: doineann f., saighnean m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: оркан m., ураган m.
    Roman: orkan m., uragan m.
  • Sotho: sefefo st(st)
  • Spanish: huracán es(es) m.
  • Swahili: kimbunga sw(sw)
  • Swedish: orkan sv(sv)
  • Tamil: please add this translation if you can
  • Turkish: kasırga tr(tr)
  • Welsh: gyrwynt m., corwynt m.
meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind
  • Japanese: 大暴風 ja(ja) (dai-bōfū)
  • Swahili: kimbunga sw(sw)
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Etymology 2

Coined by Jeret Peterson

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

  1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip
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