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typhoon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Typhoon \Ty*phoon"\, n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg tuf[~a]o, Ar tuf[=a]n a violent storm; probably fr Gr tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind.] A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: typhoon n : a tropical cyclone occurring in the W Pacific or Indian oceans
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