hurricane

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  1. noun A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains.
  2. noun A wind with a speed greater than 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale.
  3. noun Something resembling a hurricane in force or speed.

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  • But when you look from above as the storm system develops and grows, it's apparent that a hurricane is a fragile thing. —  WordPress.com News
  • Ironically, this hurricane is the Labor Day storm. —  Pundita
  • Bands of rain from the hurricane are already coming down in New Orleans. —  NBC3 - Local News
  • Top sustained winds in the hurricane are at 115 miles per hour.
  • Changing the focus from the RNC to the hurricane is a nice way to bow out respectfully and not loose face, DNC hard to follow, they could never top it without being theatrical and in poor taste. —  CNN Political Ticker
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  1. Spanish huracán, from Taino hurákan; akin to Arawak kulakani, thunder.

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  1. First at the end of the 16th century; also written herocane (the word being still often pronounced as if spelled herricanc), and with a seeming Spanish termination hurricano, herricano, hericano, hirecano (see hurricano), and sometimes furicano (simulating Latin furia, fury), = Dutch orkaan (later Danish Swedish orkan, German orkan) = French ouragan = Italian uracano (and oragano, after the F.), from Spanish huracan = Portuguese furacão, a hurricane, from Caribbean hurakan (Irving, “Life of Columbus,” viii. 9, gives the accommodation “Indian” forms furicane or urican), a hurricane.
 

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