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Definition of: typhoon
(tī·fn′) noun
A tropical storm of cyclonic force and peculiar violence, occurring in the western Pacific and the China Sea. See synonyms under CYCLONE. [<dial. Chinese tai feng, lit., big wind; infl. by obs. typhon a whirlwind (<Gk. typhōn a hurricane) and by obs. tuphan, tufan a typhoon <Arabic tūfān,? ult. from the same Gk. source]
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