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Definition of cyclone

a violent rotating windstorm
(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

Hyponyms: hurricane, tornado, twister, typhoon

Language Translations:
Danish: orkan		Dutch: cycloon
Esperanto: ciklono		Estonian: tsüklon
Finnish: sykloni		French: cyclone
Greek: (kyklonas		Hebrew: ציקלון
Interlingua: cyclon		Italian: ciclona
Latin: cyclonas		Portuguese: ciclone
Slovene: ciklon		Spanish: ciclón
Swedish: cyklon		Telugu: తుఫాను

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