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   cyclone

   /ˈsʌɪkləʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
   • ▪ another term for tropical storm

   Word Origin mid 19th century: probably from Greek kuklōma ‘wheel, coil of a snake’, from kuklos ‘circle’. The change of spelling from -m to -n is unexplained.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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