zouragan

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French ouragan (“hurricane”), from Taíno *hurakā (“hurricane”).

Noun

zouragan

  1. (Saint-Domingue) a hurricane
    Mo té suyé nion zouragan sixième jour départ à moué. ― I passed a hurricane on the sixth day of my departure.

References

  • S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[1] (in French), Paris
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