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Wikipedia has an article on: Typhoon A typhoon.Etymology
Possibly of Chinese origin, Mandarin 大风 (dàfēng), “‘big wind’”), Cantonese 大風 (daai6 fung1), “‘big wind’”), also similarly found in Arabic طوفان (ţūfān), the latter from Ancient Greek τυφῶν (tuphōn). Given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomena, it is more likely it began east and moved west.
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typhoon (plural typhoons)
- A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
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