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ሃቦብላ • (habobla) m or f (plural ሃቦብላታት (haboblatat))
- whirlwind, violent wind, tempest
- tropical cyclone (e.g. a hurricane)
- Thomas Leiper Kane (2000), Tigrinya-English Dictionary, volume 1, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 25