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   typhoon

   /tʌɪˈfuːn/

   noun

   • 1. a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.

   Word Origin late 16th century: partly via Portuguese from Arabic ṭūfān (perhaps from Greek tuphōn ‘whirlwind’); reinforced by Chinese dialect tai fung ‘big wind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. typhonic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

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