In today’s weather related indigenous etymology
the word ‘hurricane’ was borrowed into English from the Spanish huracán, which in turn comes from the Taíno word Juracán.
Anyway, Juracán was a weather god who lived upon the Puerto Rican mountain El Yunque, and who used to send storms and strong winds to punish people when they misbehaved or upset him. Shakespeare was one of the first to use the word in English, if you’ve read Troillus and Cressida, you’ll know where.
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