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typhoon

The correct spelling is typhoon.

How to pronounce typhoon

/taɪˈfuːn/
noun

IPA: /taɪˈfuːn/

Say it like: Tyf-oon

The correct spelling is typhoon. A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclo…

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noun

  1. 1.A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

verb

  1. 1.To swirl like a hurricane.

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