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• TYPHOON (probably from the Arabic and Hindustani tufCat, a tempest, which is perhaps derived from Typhon, q.v.: the Chinese t'ai Tung, strong wind, is not used in application to typhoons)

TYPHOON (probably from the Arabic and Hindustani tufCat, a See also:

• TEMPEST, MARIE (1866– )

tempest, which is perhaps derived from See also:

• TYPHON (TYPHAON, TYPHOEUS)

Typhon, q.v.: the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese t'ai Tung, strong See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind, is not used in application to typhoons)  , the name given to a heavy cyclonic See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm in the seas fringing the eastern See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ASIA

Asia from See also:

• JAPAN

Japan to the Philippine Islands . Typhoons generally occur in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series during the months of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September and See also:

• OCTOBER

October, the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season when the See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt of See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial calms in the Pacific Ocean reaches its most northerly See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension .