What is typhoon??

Typhoon most commonly denotes a tropical cyclone. The term is most often used for cyclones occurring in the western Pacific Ocean. The word is an alteration of the Arabic word, tūfān, meaning hurricane, and the Greek word, typhōn, meaning violent storm. It was also influenced by the Guangdong-region Chinese word daaih-fùng (daaih = big + fùng = wind).

Typhoon may also refer to:

Pacific typhoon
Typhon, a monster in Greek mythology
Typhoon, a class of Soviet submarines
Typhoon Naval Stabilized Weapon System
the Eurofighter Typhoon, a multirole combat aircraft.
Euro-Fighter Typhoon, a roller coaster by Gerstlauer, named after the combat aircraft
the Hawker Typhoon, a British WWII-era aircraft
the GMC Typhoon, a high-performance sport-utility vehicle (SUV)
the FPV F6 Typhoon, a high-performance Australian sports sedan
the Rambler Typhoon, a special version of the Rambler Classic two-door hardtop
Typhoon, the German codename for the military offensive directed against Moscow starting on 30 September 1941 (see Battle of Moscow)
Typhoon, a DC Comics super-villain
Typhoon, Fred Ottman's stage name as a professional wrestler
A starship in the anime series Sonic X, see Blue Typhoon.
The henshin belt used by Kamen Rider 1, a fictional character.
HTC Typhoon, a Windows Mobile Smartphone manufactured by the High Tech Computer Corporation
Typhoon, a British steam locomotive built in the 1920s and still operational on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.
Vash the Stampede, the main protagonist of the anime Trigun, is often referred to by his, somewhat unfair albeit appropriate, nickname of “The Humanoid Typhoon.”

A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans. It traveled from Greece to Arabia to India, and also arose independently in China, before assuming its current form in our language.

The Greek word tuphōn, used both as the name of the father of the winds and a common noun meaning “whirlwind, typhoon,” was borrowed into Arabic during the Middle Ages, when Arabic learning both preserved and expanded the classical heritage and passed it on to Europe and other parts of the world.

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
台风

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 颱風

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 태풍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 台風

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أعصار استوائي في منطقه الفلبين أو بحر الصين, ألتيفون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טייפון, סערה עזה באוקיינוס השקט‬

heyooh=)
typoon is the american way of saying "tornado" or "hurricane". in Australia we call it "cyclone"=D

Typhoon most commonly denotes a tropical cyclone. The term is most often used for cyclones occurring in the western Pacific Ocean.

2008-02-29 15:10:07 補充：
The word is an alteration of the Arabic word, tūfān, meaning hurricane, and the Greek word, typhōn, meaning violent storm. It was also influenced by the Guangdong-region Chinese word daaih-fùng (daaih = big + fùng = wind).