Typhoon

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * typhoon fifth

Verb for Typhoon
—abates; —batters; —devastates; —endangers; —howls; —rages; —ravages; —revolves; —roars; —shrieks; —subsides; — sweeps; —topples; —trammels; —uproots; —whirls.

Thesaurus
baguio, black squall, blizzard, blow, cyclone, dirty weather, dust devil, equinoctial, foul weather, gale, half a gale, heavy blow, hurricane, ill wind, line squall, line storm, rainspout, rainstorm, rotary storm, rough weather, sand column, sandspout, snowstorm, squall, squall line, storm, storm wind, stormy weather, stormy winds, strong wind, tempest, tempestuous rage, tempestuous wind, thick squall, thundersquall, thunderstorm, tornado, tropical, tropical cyclone, twister, ugly wind, violent blow, waterspout, whirlblast, whirlwind, white squall, whole gale, williwaw, wind eddy, wind-shift line, windstorm

Etymology
Probably ultimately of Chinese origin, 大风:,  大風:, via  طوفان:,  तूफ़ान:, and  طوفان:. Given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomena, it is more likely it began east and moved west. Τυφῶν: is unrelated but has secondarily contaminated the word.

Translations

 * Arabic: تايفون, ,
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 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
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 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: טיפון
 * Hindi: आंधी,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: tifono
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ព្យុះទីហ្វុង
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ព្យុះទីហ្វុង
 * Khmer: ព្យុះទីហ្វុង


 * Korean:
 * Latin: typhonas
 * Lithuanian: taifūnas
 * Mongolian: хар салхи
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 * Russian:
 * Slovak: tajfun
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: taifuni
 * Tagalog: bagyo
 * Tamil: சூறாவளி
 * Thai: พายุไต้ฝุ่น
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: teiffŵn
 * Thai: พายุไต้ฝุ่น
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: teiffŵn
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: teiffŵn