taifun — meaning in English
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English meaning
- typhoon noun A powerful tropical storm that forms over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, equivalent to a hurricane elsewhere.
Senses
taifun is used for these senses in English:
- typhoon (in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.