hurricane

See also Hurricane

English

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: hŭ'rĭ-kən, IPA: /ˈhʌɹɪkən/, SAMPA: /"hVr\Ik@n/
• (US) enPR: hŭr'ĭ-kān", hŭr'ə-kān", IPA: /ˈhʌɹɪˌkeɪn/, /ˈhʌɹəˌkeɪn/, SAMPA: /"hVr\I%keIn/, /"hVr\@%keIn/

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Etymology 1

From Spanish huracán, ultimately from the name of the Taino storm god Juracán whom the Taínos believed dwelled on El Yunque mountain and, when he was upset, sent the strong winds and rain upon them.

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 75 miles per hour (120.7 kph) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
2. (meteorology) a wind scale for quite strong wind, stronger than a storm

Coordinate terms

• (type of a cyclone): cyclone, tropical storm, typhoon
• (meteorology): breeze, gale, storm

Translations

weather phenomenon

Afrikaans: orkaan (af) Arabic: زوبعة شديدة (ar) (záwbaʕa šadīda) f. Armenian: փոթորիկ (hy) (p'ot'orik), մրրիկ (hy) (mrrik), հողմ (hy) (hoġm) Belarusian: ураган (be) (urahán) m. Bulgarian: ураган (bg) (uragán) m. Catalan: huracà Chinese: Mandarin: 颶風 (cmn), 飓风 (cmn) (jùfēng) Danish: orkan (da) c. Dutch: orkaan (nl) f. Esperanto: uragano (eo) Finnish: hurrikaani (fi), hirmumyrsky (fi) French: ouragan (fr) m. Georgian: ქარიშხალი (ka) (karišxali), ურაგანი (ka) (uragani) German: Hurrikan (de) m., Orkan (de) m. Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος (el) (anemostróstrovilos) m., κυκλώνας (el) (kyklónas) m. Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq (kl) Hindi: अंधड़ (hi) (andhaṛ) Hungarian: hurrikán (hu) Ido: uragano (io) Italian: uragano (it) m. Japanese: (just a wind) 暴風 (ja) (bōfū); (including rain) 暴風雨 (ja) (bōfū-u); (literally) ハリケーン (ja) (harikēn)

Korean: 허리케인 (ko) (heorikein) Latvian: viesulis (lv) m. Lithuanian: uraganas (lt) m. Macedonian: ураган (mk) (uragan) Norwegian: orkan (no) Polish: huragan (pl) m. Portuguese: furacão (pt) m. Punjabi: ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨ (pa) (tūfān) Romanian: uragan (ro) n. Russian: ураган (ru) (uragán) m. Scottish Gaelic: doineann f., saighnean m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оркан (sh) m., ураган (sh) m. Roman: orkan (sh) m., uragan (sh) m. Sotho: sefefo (st) Spanish: huracán (es) m. Swahili: kimbunga (sw) Swedish: orkan (sv) Tamil: புயல் (ta) (puyal) Turkish: kasırga (tr) Ukrainian: ураган (uk) (urahán) m. Welsh: gyrwynt m., corwynt m.

meteorology: a wind scale for quite strong wind

Danish: orkan (da) c. Finnish: hirmumyrsky (fi)

Japanese: 大暴風 (ja) (dai-bōfū) Swahili: kimbunga (sw)

See also

• Wikinews articles on 2005 hurricanes
• anticyclone
• wind

Etymology 2

Coined by Jeret Peterson

Noun

hurricane (plural hurricanes)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip

See also

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, randy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, slap-back, stretch

Anagrams

• raunchier