hurricane
HUR-ih-kane
A large tropical cyclone with sustained winds over 74 miles per hour — the most powerful weather system on earth, organized around a calm eye, drawing energy from warm ocean water. The word itself arrived in English from the Caribbean, where the storms were known before they had a Western name.
Etymology
Spanish: huracán, from Taíno (Caribbean indigenous language) hurakán, the storm god.
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