奇怪地,Typhoon是廣東話、阿拉伯文、希臘文三者的混合體:
Main Entry:
ty·phoon Listen to the pronunciation of typhoon
Etymology:
alteration (influenced by Chinese — Guangdong — daaih-fùng, from daaih big + fùng wind) of earlier touffon, from Arabic ṭūfān hurricane, from Greek typhōn violent storm