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- Japanese · borrowed from津波
- English todaytsunami
Borrowed from Japanese 津波 (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tsunami
Today it means: A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train). Full definition →
Japanese 津波