Hypertext Webster Gateway: "typhoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Typhoon \Ty*phoon"\, n. [Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tuf[~a]o,
Ar. tuf[=a]n a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n,
tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the
earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. {Typhus}); or perhaps
from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind.]
A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind
occurring in the Chinese seas.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
typhoon
n : a tropical cyclone occurring in the W Pacific or Indian
oceans
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