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Orkan

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See also: orkan, orkán, and ork'an

German

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Dutch orkaan, from Spanish huracán, from Taíno *hurakā. Doublet of Hurrikan.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɔʁˈkaːn/, [ɔʁˈkaːn], [ɔɐ̯ˈkaːn]
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    • Hyphenation: Or‧kan
    • Rhymes: -aːn

    Noun

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    Orkan m (strong, genitive Orkanes or Orkans, plural Orkane)

    1. (European) hurricane; strong windstorm

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Czech: orkán
    • Macedonian: оркан (orkan)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

    See also

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    Further reading

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    • Orkan” in Duden online
    • Orkan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    See Orhan

    Proper noun

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    Orkan

    1. a male given name