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Definition: Hurricane |
HurricaneNoun1. A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hurricane" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Hurricane \Hur"ri*cane\, noun. [from Spanish expression hurracan; originally Carib word signifying, high wind.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in the West Indies and is preferred by certain old-fashioned sea-captains. It is also used in the construction of the upper decks of steamboats, but generally speaking, the hurricane's usefulness has outlasted it. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To hear the roar and see a hurricane heading towards you with its frightful force, you will undergo torture and suspense, striving to avert failure and ruin in your affairs. If you are in a house which is being blown to pieces by a hurricane, and you struggle in the awful gloom to extricate some one from the falling timbers, your life will suffer a change. You will move and remove to distant places, and still find no improvement in domestic or business affairs. If you dream of looking on de'bris and havoc wrought by a hurricane, you will come close to trouble, which will be averted by the turn in the affairs of others. To see dead and wounded caused by a hurricane, you will be much distressed over the troubles of others. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Hurricane (3 syl.). A large private party or rout; so called from its hurry, bustle and noise. (See Drum.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | Term first applied to tropical cyclones of the Caribbean Sea. By extension, to any tropical cyclone in which the wind attains great violence; by convention, to a wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale ; A tropical cyclone of wind force 12 on the Beaufort scale, that is, more than 58 knots. Hurricanes of the West Indies, Western Pacific typhoons and Bay of Bengal cyclones are essentially the same phenomenon; now all tend to be called hurricanes; -DDMG ; A name given to revolving storms which occur in the North Atlantic(West Indies), South Pacific, Indian Ocean, and China Seas, with a wind speed between 64 and 71 knots:Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.
By some measures the design was outdated when introduced. Following traditional Hawker construction techniques closely, it used a large measure of wood and fabric for the wings and fuselage, with the engine and cockpit area being aluminum-covered steel tubing. In contrast, the contemporary Supermarine Spitfire used monocoque construction and was thus both lighter and stronger.
But its simple construction was the main reason why it was ordered into production in 1936. At the time it was unclear if the much more advanced Spitfire would be able to enter production smoothly, whereas the Hurricane was a well understood problem. This was true for service squadrons as well, who were well experienced in working on and fixing wooden/metal planes like the Hurricane.
As expected the first Mk.I production machines were ready fairly quickly, and deliveries started in October 1937. They mounted the 1,030hp Rolls Royce Merlin Mk.II or III engine and were armed with eight .303-in Browning machine guns. These early planes were rather simple, with fabric-covered wings, a wooden fixed-pitch propeller, and without armour or self-sealing tanks.
These issues were addressed in 1939. The new Mk.I included a deHaviland or Rotol constant-speed metal propeller, ejector exhaust stacks for added thrust, metal-covered wings, armour and other changes. At the start of the war the RAF had taken on about 500 of this later design, and it formed the backbone of the fighter squadrons during the Battle of France and into the Battle of Britain.
Although it may have been an older design, the Hurricane was still a worthy fighter on its own and a reasonable match for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 it faced. Much of this was the result of the use of the very impressive Rolls Royce Merlin engine, which also powered the Spitfire. The Merlin was a much better engine in general terms than the Daimler-Benz DB 601 used in the Bf 109.
During the Battle of Britain the Hurricane accounted for the majority of the planes shot down by the RAF, but their day was already over. By the close of the Battle of Britain in late 1940, production of the Spitfire had ramped up to the point where all squadrons could be supplied with new machines. Deliveries of the Spitfire were now outpacing the Hurricane, as it turned out that its all metal construction allowed it to be produced even faster than the mixed-construction Hurricane.
Upgrades continued in the form of the 1940 Mk.II with the more powerful Merlin XX, and in 1943 Mk.IV with the Merlin 21 or 22 and a host of other changes. However by this time the plane was no longer used as a fighter, being primarily a Close Air Support and ground attack aircraft. Some production shifted to other groups like Canada Car and Foundary and Gloster, while Hawker continued production right up until 1944. In all some 14,000 Hurricanes and Sea Hurricanes were produced.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hawker Hurricane."
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This article is about the weather phenomenon. For other uses see Hurricane (disambiguation)
Satellite image of a hurricaneHurricane is the regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone. A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of over 33 metres per second (about 64 knots, or 74 mph) is referred to as a "hurricane" in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, and the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E.
In the UK and Europe some severe north-east Atlantic cyclonic depressions are referred to as "hurricanes," even although they rarely originate in the tropics. These European windstorms can generate hurricane-force windspeeds but are not given individual names.
Other names for hurricanes
Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained winds over this limit are referred to by other names in other regions, such as "typhoon", "severe tropical cyclone", "severe cyclonic storm", and just plain old "tropical cyclone".In other places in the world, hurricanes have been called Willy-Willies (singular Willy-Willy) in Australia, Baguio in the Philippines and Taino in Haiti.
Naming of hurricanes
To help in their identification, in the early 1950's the practice of naming tropical storms and hurricanes was initiated by the United States. In keeping with the common English language practice of referring to inanimate objects such as boats, trains, etc., using the female pronoun "she", names used were exclusively female. The first storm of the year was assigned a name beginning with the letter "A", the second with the letter "B", etc. However, since tropical storms and hurricanes are primarily destructive, it was gradually realized by the National Weather Service that the naming practice could be considered inadvertantly sexist, and in 1979 the use of male names, in addition to female names, was initiated. Currently, female and male names during a given season are assigned alternately, still in alphabetic order. The "gender" of the first storm of the season also alternates year to year. The lists of names is prepared in advance, and reused periodically, except that the names of particularly destructive storms are "retired".Hurricanes are rated on a 1-5 scale based on wind intensity called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
See also: list of hurricanes, tropical cyclone, arctic cyclone and Beaufort scale for further discussion.
External links
- Naming hurricanes
- List of available tropical cyclone names
- List of retired tropical cyclone names
- Unisys historical and contemporary hurricane track data e.g. Atlantic 1968
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hurricane."
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A hurricane is a type of storm.Hurricane is also the name of several places in the United States:
The Hurricane is the name of a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington.
- Hurricane, Utah
- Hurricane, West Virginia
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hurricane (disambiguation)."
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Hurricane is a city located in Washington County, Utah. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 8,250.Geography
Hurricane is located at 37°10'27" North, 113°19'34" West (37.174182, -113.326235)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 81.7 km² (31.5 mi²). 80.6 km² (31.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.39% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 8,250 people, 2,762 households, and 2,201 families residing in the city. The population density is 102.4/km² (265.2/mi²). There are 3,375 housing units at an average density of 41.9/km² (108.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.89% White, 0.16% African American, 0.96% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.29% Pacific Islander, 1.16% from other races, and 1.28% from two or more races. 2.72% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,762 households out of which 38.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% are non-families. 18.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.97 and the average family size is 3.38. In the city the population is spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.5 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,865, and the median income for a family is $36,955. Males have a median income of $30,172 versus $19,588 for females. The per capita income for the city is $13,353. 13.1% of the population and 10.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.2% are under the age of 18 and 5.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hurricane, Utah."
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Hurricane is a city located in Putnam County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 5,222.Geography
Hurricane is located at 38°25'57" North, 82°1'11" West (38.432483, -82.019718)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²). 7.7 km² (3.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.67% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 5,222 people, 2,098 households, and 1,518 families residing in the city. The population density is 681.2/km² (1,765.0/mi²). There are 2,258 housing units at an average density of 294.5/km² (763.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 98.12% White, 0.67% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. 0.54% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 2,098 households out of which 34.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% are married couples living together, 10.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% are non-families. 24.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.98. In the city the population is spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $39,591, and the median income for a family is $43,155. Males have a median income of $34,808 versus $22,972 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,119. 10.3% of the population and 8.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.6% are under the age of 18 and 8.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hurricane, West Virginia."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
River | Rain, rainfall; serein; shower, scud; downpour; driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst; hyetology, hyetography; predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin; mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash; dropping. Verb: falling weather; northeaster, hurricane, typhoon. |
Summit | Topgallant mast, sky scraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck. |
Wind | Verb: blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane. Noun: wuther; stream, issue. |
Gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon, simoom; harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hurricane |
| English words defined with "hurricane": course ♦ Hurricano ♦ path ♦ roofless ♦ track. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hurricane": hurricanes ♦ SKY FARMERS ♦ tropical storm ♦ weather forecaste. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hurricane": Texas. (references) |
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Screenplays | Cirrus, Socrates, particle, decibel, hurricane, dolphin, tulip (Artificial Intelligence: AI; writing credit: Ian Watson) Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl) This is a hurricane coming straight at us (The Perfect Storm; writing credit: William D. Wittliff) Oh Lisa, there's no record of a hurricane ever hitting Springfield (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Yea, well Hurricane Gloria didn't break the porch swing, Monica did (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Lyrics | You might stop a hurricane (Can't Stop This Thing We Started; performing artist: Bryan Adams) Man they were goin' like a hurricane (Rock'n'Roll Music; performing artist: Chuck Berry) This hurricane, I'm not afraid (Imitation of Life; performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hurricane (1974) The Hurricane Drummer (1966) Voice of the Hurricane (1964) Hurricane of the Pacific (1960) Slattery's Hurricane (1949) | |
Song Titles | Oh Babe What Would You Say (performing artist: Hurricane Smith) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hurricane Lenny as seen from SeaWiFS 14 November 1999. Credit: NASA. |  | Hot Stuff from the GOES Project Hurricane Floyd in the Sargasso Sea. Credit: NASA. |
 | Hurricane Fran. Credit: NASA. |  | The Americas and Hurricane Andrew. Credit: NASA. |
 | Hurricane Floyd. Credit: NASA. |  | Hurricane Fran. Credit: NASA. |
 | Hurricane Elena. Credit: NASA. |  | Woods Hole during 1938 hurricane Heavy surf breaking over SE side of Quadrangular dock. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | NOAA aerial photography of damage caused by Hurricane Camille Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the United States. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Hurricane surf on the north coast of Puerto Rico. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Hurricane Ravaged Pier" by Terry Eaton Commentary: "Hurricane damaged pier. Venice, Florida, U.S.A." | "Va Beach, VA Oceanfront 03" by Lisa Brubaker Commentary: "Va Beach Oceanfront after hurricane Isabel." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The attack was a hurricane. |
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Business | From 1998-1999 the import market for agricultural products decreased 25 percent due to the financial problems in the region, hurricane Mitch and low world market prices. (references) | |
With the impact of the financial crisis in the region, which began in mid-1997, the effects of hurricane Mitch in 1998, and the low world market prices of some products such as sugar, the agricultural industry experienced a decrease in production that affected the import market of agricultural products. (references) | ||
Children | Honduras | The number of street children has increased substantially since 1998, due to Hurricane Mitch. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Costa Rica | However, following Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the Government announced a program of general amnesty for all Nicaraguans, Hondurans, and Salvadorans in the country prior to November 9, 1998. By year's end, 213,037 Nicaraguans had qualified for and received legal resident status, most of them under this government amnesty program. (references) |
Economic History | Guatemala | In 1998, Hurricane Mitch caused human and property damage on a massive scale. (references) |
Human Rights | Bahamas | The detention center, which had been closed for repairs since suffering extensive damage from Hurricane Floyd in 1999, reopened in December 2000. In the detention center, which can hold up to 600 detainees, women and men are housed separately. (references) |
Political Economy | Honduras | All bilateral issues of 1999 were overshadowed by USG support for Hurricane Mitch reconstruction. (references) |
NICARAGUA | During the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, the government instructed distributors of basic food products to maintain stable food prices. (references) | |
Trade | Guatemala | In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, OPIC established a $200 million credit facility administered by Citibank to support new investment projects in Central America and the Caribbean. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hurricane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "Hurricane" is used about 509 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.8% | 508 | 11,908 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 509 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Canada | Hurricane Hydrocarbons Ltd |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Hurricane, UT (city, FIPS 37170) 2. Hurricane, WV (city, FIPS 39532) |
Expressions using "hurricane": Hurricane bird ♦ hurricane deck ♦ hurricane force ♦ hurricane lamp ♦ hurricane lantern ♦ Hurricane Mills ♦ hurricane roof ♦ Irishman's hurricane. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hurricane": hurricane-blasted, hurricane-deck, hurricane-fenced, hurricane-force, hurricane-hit, hurricane-lamp, hurricane-lashed, hurricane-stricken. | |
Ending with "hurricane": post-hurricane. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hurricane | 3,826 | hurricane camille | 120 |
national hurricane center | 1,615 | the hurricane | 116 |
hurricane harbor | 1,231 | hurricane utah | 114 |
miami hurricane | 777 | hurricane floyd | 108 |
hurricane season | 475 | hurricane name | 107 |
hurricane shutter | 320 | hurricane deck boat | 106 |
hurricane andrew | 296 | 2003 hurricane name | 105 |
hurricane picture | 267 | hurricane wv | 103 |
hurricane center | 228 | baseball miami hurricane | 97 |
hurricane tracking | 214 | hurricane tracking chart | 95 |
miami hurricane football | 211 | hurricane watch | 93 |
hurricane opal | 200 | hurricane tracker | 92 |
hurricane boat | 192 | university of miami hurricane | 84 |
carolina hurricane | 164 | hurricane drink | 81 |
hurricane lamp | 155 | hurricane ut | 80 |
hurricane ridge | 154 | hurricane bill | 75 |
six flag hurricane harbor | 151 | hurricane carter | 72 |
audrey hurricane | 147 | hurricane photo | 71 |
hurricane tracking map | 137 | hurricane weather | 71 |
hurricane hugo | 128 | hurricane information | 70 |
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| Language | Translations for "hurricane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | uragan (tornado), tufan (gale, wind, windstorm), stuhi duartrokitjesh, stuhi (flaw, flurry, gale, storm, tempest, thunderstorm). (various references) | |
Arabic | هوجاء (cyclone, tornado), زوبعة (cyclone, fanfare, gust, storm, tornado, whirlwind), إعصار قوي مصحوب بإمطار. (various references) | |
Basque | haizerauntsi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ураган (storm). (various references) | |
Chinese | 飓风, 颶 , 颱風 (typhoon), 暴風驟雨 (tempest, violent storm). (various references) | |
Cornish | hagerawel. (various references) | |
Czech | hurikán, vichřice (gale, whirlwind), uragán. (various references) | |
Danish | hurrikan, orkan, kaedeforbindelsesled (spring hawser). (various references) | |
Dutch | orkaan. (various references) | |
Esperanto | uragano. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ódnarveður. (various references) | |
Farsi | گردباد (Cyclone, Tornado, Twister, Typhoon, Whirlwind), تندباد (Gale, Gust, Jetstream), طوفان (Cataclysm, Deluge, Flood, Gale), اجتماع (Assemblage, Assembly, Collection, Commonweal, Community, Crowd, Milieu, Muster, Society, Turnout). (various references) | |
Finnish | hurrikaani, hirmumyrsky (tornado, typhoon). (various references) | |
French | ouragan. (various references) | |
German | Orkan (storm, tornado), Wirbelsturm (cyclone, whirlwind), hurrikan. (various references) | |
Greek | συρματόσχοινο πλαγιοδέτησης (spring hawser), λαιλαπάσ, ανεμοστρόβιλοσ (cyclone, tornado, twister, typhoon, whirlwind), τυφώνασ (typhoon), τυφώνας (typhoon), θύελλα (blizzard, gale, squall, storm, tempest). (various references) | |
Hebrew | הוריקן, טורנאדו (tornado, twister, whirlwind), סופת הוריקן, סופה (gale, storm, tempest, whirlwind). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hurrikán (hurricane wind), forgószél (cyclonic storm, scurry, tornado, typhoon, whirlwind), orkán (gale, high wind, hurricane wind, snifter). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fárviðri. (various references) | |
Indonesian | badai (cyclone, gale, storm, typhoon), angin topan. (various references) | |
Italian | uragano (storm). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 疾風 (gale, squall). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ハリケーン , ぐふう (tornado, typhoon), しっぷう (gale, squall). (various references) | |
Korean | 태풍 (typhoon). (various references) | |
Manx | geay vooar (high wind), gaardey (blow of wind), gaal-baarnee. (various references) | |
Maori | tuupuhi. (various references) | |
Maya | chak-ikal. (various references) | |
Norwegian | orkan. (various references) | |
Occitan | auragan. (various references) | |
Papiamen | horkan, orkan. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urricanehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | furacão. (various references) | |
Romanian | vijelie (squall, storm, tempest), vânt puternic (gale, great wind, violent wind), uragan (a wind-storm, storm, tornado), furtunã (agitation, blow, commotion, gale, riot, squall, storm, swell, tempest, thunder storm, thunderstorm, tumult). (various references) | |
Russian | ураган (tornado, willy-willy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uragan, orkan. (various references) | |
Sicilian | uragunu. (various references) | |
Spanish | huracán. (various references) | |
Swazi | sí-vúnguvúngu. (various references) | |
Swedish | orkan. (various references) | |
Thai | พายุเฮอริเคน. (various references) | |
Turkish | kasırga (cyclone, squall, storm, tornado, twister, typhoon, whirlwind), fırtına (gale, gust, snorter, squall, storm, tempest). (various references) | |
Turkmen | harasat. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ураган, вибух (bang, blast, blow up, blowing up, burst, bursting, detonation, explosion, howl, outbreak, outleap, storm, tornado). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cơn bão tố. (various references) | |
Welsh | hyrddwynt, gyrwynt (tornado), corwynt (tornado, whirlwind). (various references) | |
Yucatec | chich iik' (storm, tempest). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | catægis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hurricane": hurricanes. (additional references) | |
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"Hurricane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eurican, Harricana, harricane, herricane, Hourihan, huracane, hurican, huricane, huriccane, hurracane, hurricaine, hurrican, hurricano. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hurricane" (pronounced her"ukā'n or hu"rukā'nz) |
| 3 | -k ā' n | procaine. |
| 5 | -u k ā' n z | hurricanes. |
| 4 | -k ā' n z | alkanes. |
| 3 | -ā' n z | bloodstains, membranes, migraines, monoplanes, warplanes, windowpanes. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: raunchier. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: curarine. | |
-2 letters: archine, charier, churner, rancher, reincur. | |
-3 letters: achier, anuric, archer, cahier, carnie, chaine, chirre, curare, curari, curiae, curran, currie, enrich, hernia, inarch, nuchae, racier, raunch, richen, richer, ruiner, unciae, unhair, uranic, urchin. | |
-4 letters: airer, areic, aurei, auric, cairn, caner, carer, ceria, chain, chair, chare, charr, china, chine, chirr, churn, churr, crane, crier, crura. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-n-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: hurricanes. | |
+3 letters: repurchasing, unrhetorical. | |
+4 letters: prepurchasing, supercharging, underachiever, undercharging. | |
+5 letters: braunschweiger, turbomachinery, underachievers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Cities | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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