Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ouragan.
Examples
-
Un plan d = urgence contre un ouragan ou une tempête tropicale comprend trois éléments:
-
We find in Spanish the word huracan; in Portuguese, furacan; in French, ouragan; in German, Danish, and Swedish, orcan -- all of them signifying a storm; while in Latin furo, or furio, means to rage.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
-
«ouragan» double accrochage ou des tuiles plus paisses (10 mm).
Chapter 12 1997
-
L’Ouragan Dean, qui est sur le point de devenir un ouragan de catégorie 5, devrait arriver sur la Péninsule du Yucatan lundi, selon le U.S.
-
Quelquefois c’est un conquerant, un Alexandre ou un Attila, qui passe comme un ouragan, et purifie l’atmosphere moral, comme l’orage purifie l’atmosphere physique; quelquefois, c’est un revolutionnaire, un Cromwell, ou un
-
In the legends of the Quiches, the mysterious creative power is HURAKAN, a name of no signification in their language, one which their remote ancestors brought with them from the Antilles, which finds its meaning in the ancient tongue of Haiti, and which, under the forms of _hurricane_, _ouragan_, _orkan_, was adopted into European marine languages as the native name of the terrible tornado of the Caribbean Sea. [
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.