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hurricane (noun)

Afrikaans: orkaan

Arabic: aiesar = اعصار

Armenian: p’vot’vorik = փոթորիկ

Bengali: Hārikēna = হারিকেন

Cebuano: bagyo

Chichewa: mphepo yamkuntho

Chinese: ju-feng, Jùfēng = 飓风

Danish: orkan

Dutch: orkaan

Esperanto: uragano

Estonian: orkaan

Filipino: bagyo

French: ouragan

German: Hurrikan

Greek: tyfónas = τυφώνας

Hausa: guguwa

Hawaiian: makani ino

Hindi: chakravaat = चक्रवात

Hmong: nag xob nag cua

Indonesian: badai

Italian: uragano

Japanese: Harikēn = ハリケーン

Javanese: prahara

Korean: heolikein = 허리케인

Lao: hoe ri khen = ເຮີຣິເຄນ

Latin: turbo

Macedonian: uragan = ураган

Malay: taufan

Maori: awhiowhio

Myanmar: harrekein =  ဟာရီကိန်း

Norwegian: orkan

Portuguese:  furacão

Russian: uragan = ураган

Samoan: afa

Spanish: huracán

Swedish: orkan

Thai: Phāyu ḥex ri khen = พายุเฮอริเคน

Turkish: kasırga

Ukrainian: urahan = ураган

Uzbek: bo’ron

Vietnamese: bão

Welsh: corwynt

Xhosa: inkanyamba

Yiddish: huragan = הוראַגאַן

Zulu: isiphepho