"tsunami" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /(t)suˈnæmi/ [Canada], /(t)suˈnɑmi/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tsunami.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tsunami [plural], tsunamis [plural]
enPR: (t)so͞o-nä'mi [Canada] Rhymes: -ɑːmi Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 津波(つなみ) (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|津波|つなみ}} 津波(つなみ) (tsunami), {{compound|ja|津|波|gloss1=harbour|gloss2=wave|nocat=1|tr1=tsu|tr2=nami}} 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”) Head templates: {{en-noun|tsunami|s}} tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis)
  1. A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. Tsunami are usually a series of waves, or wave train. Categories (topical): Oceanography Translations (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean): ië beuna (Acehnese), alôn buluëk (Acehnese), cunami (Albanian), najap̃ajap̃ (Aneityum), تْسُونَامِي (tsunāmī) [masculine] (Arabic), تسونامي (tsūnāmi, tsunāmi) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ցունամի (cʻunami) (Armenian), ܨܘܼܢܵܡܝܼ (ṣunami) [masculine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), sunami (Azerbaijani), tsunami (Basque), цуна́мі (cunámi) [neuter] (Belarusian), সুনামি (śunami) (Bengali), dulnop (Bikol Central), цуна́ми (cunámi) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ဆူနာမီ (hcunami) (Burmese), tsunami [masculine] (Catalan), 海漲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 海涨 (hái-tiòng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), chu-ná-mih [Hokkien] (Chinese), 海嘯 (Chinese Cantonese), 海啸 (hoi² siu³) (Chinese Cantonese), 海嘯 (Chinese Mandarin), 海啸 (hǎixiào) (Chinese Mandarin), tsunami [feminine, indeclinable] (Czech), gloro (Dairi Batak), galoro (Dairi Batak), tsunami [common-gender] (Danish), flodbølge [common-gender] (Danish), tsunami [masculine] (Dutch), vloedgolf [masculine] (Dutch), ae mesi nuka tana lala (Ende), cunamo (Esperanto), tsunami (Estonian), hyökyaalto (Finnish), tsunami (Finnish), tsunami [masculine] (French), raz-de-marée [masculine] (French), ცუნამი (cunami) (Georgian), Tsunami [masculine] (German), τσουνάμι (tsounámi) [neuter] (Greek), tsùnāmī̀ (Hausa), צוּנַמי (tsunámi) [masculine] (Hebrew), सूनामी (sūnāmī) [feminine] (Hindi), सुनामी (sunāmī) [feminine] (Hindi), cunami (Hungarian), szökőár (Hungarian), flóðbylgja [feminine] (Icelandic), cunamio (Ido), tsunami (Ido), tsunami (Indonesian), semong (Indonesian), súnámaí [masculine] (Irish), tsunami [masculine] (Italian), maremoto [masculine] (Italian), 津波 (tsunami) (alt: つなみ) (Japanese), 津浪 (tsunami) (alt: つなみ) (Japanese), 海嘯 (kaishō) (alt: かいしょう) (Japanese), ಸುನಾಮಿ (sunāmi) (Kannada), цунами (sunami) (Kazakh), ស៊ូណាមិ (suunaamiʼ) (Khmer), 지진해일 (jijinhaeil) (alt: 地震海溢) (Korean), 쓰나미 (sseunami) (Korean), 해일 (haeil) (alt: 海溢) (Korean), цунами (tsunami) (Kyrgyz), ຊູນາມິ (sū nā mi) (Lao), cunami [masculine] (Latvian), cunamis [masculine] (Lithuanian), цуна́ми (cunámi) [neuter] (Macedonian), tsunami (Malay), semong (Malay), parawhenua (Maori), tai āniwhaniwha (Maori), त्सुनामी (tsunāmī) [feminine] (Marathi), सुनामी (sunāmī) [feminine] (Marathi), цунами (cunami) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠼᠦᠨᠠᠮᠢ (cünami) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), tó nitéél nitságo atságáá (Navajo), oloro (Nias), galoro (Nias), tsunamî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), tsunami [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flodbølgje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tsunami [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ସୁନାମି (sunami) (Odia), آبْلَرْزه (âb-larze) (Persian), سونامی (sunâmi) (Persian), tsunami [neuter] (Polish), tsunami [masculine] (Portuguese), maremoto [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸੁਨਾਮੀ (sunāmī) [feminine, masculine] (Punjabi), tsunami [neuter] (Romanian), цуна́ми (cunámi) [neuter] (Russian), tsunami [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tonn-tuile [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tonn-taomaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), veleval [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), цуна́ми [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cunámi [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), among (Sikule), emong (Sikule), smong (Simeulue), සුනාමි (sunāmi) (Sinhalese), cunami [feminine, neuter] (Slovak), tsunami [feminine, neuter] (Slovak), tsunami [masculine] (Spanish), maremoto [masculine] (Spanish), tsunami (Swahili), tsunami [common-gender] (Swedish), flodvåg [common-gender] (Swedish), tsunami (Tagalog), тсунами (tsunami) (Tajik), сунами (sunami) (Tajik), ஆழிப்பேரலை (āḻippēralai) (Tamil), கடற்கோள் (kaṭaṟkōḷ) (Tamil), சுனாமி (cuṉāmi) (Tamil), цунами (tsunami) (Tatar), సునామి (sunāmi) (Telugu), สึนามิ (sʉ̀-naa-mí) (Thai), คลื่นยักษ์ (klʉ̂ʉn-yák) (Thai), tsunami (Turkish), sunami (Turkmen), цуна́мі (cunámi) [neuter] (Ukrainian), سونامی (sūnāmī) [feminine] (Urdu), دېڭىز شاۋقۇنى (dë'ngiz shawquni) (Uyghur), sunami (Uzbek), tsunami (Uzbek), sóng thần (Vietnamese), tsunami (Welsh), tswnami [feminine] (Welsh), tsûnamy (West Frisian), צונאַמי (tsunami) (Yiddish), haijsiu (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-tsunami-en-noun-dLWoVy~h Disambiguation of Oceanography: 79 21 Categories (other): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean': 75 25
  2. (figurative) A large and generally unstoppable surge. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tsunami-en-noun-Y0VxN~QZ Categories (other): English terms with initial /t͡s/ Disambiguation of English terms with initial /t͡s/: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sunami [nonstandard], seismic sea wave, tidal wave (english: usage conflict) Related terms: earthquake, flood, natural disaster, seaquake, seiche, tidal wave, tsunami earthquake, waterquake

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ië beuna"
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          "word": "cunami"
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          "roman": "ṣunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "sunami"
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
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          "roman": "cunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "সুনামি"
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          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "cunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "цуна́ми"
        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ဆူနာမီ"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tsunami"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "海嘯"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hoi² siu³",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "海啸"
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          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "roman": "hái-tiòng",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "海涨"
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          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chu-ná-mih"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "海嘯"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hǎixiào",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "海啸"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "word": "tsunami"
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          "lang": "Dairi Batak",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "gloro"
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        {
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          "lang": "Dairi Batak",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "galoro"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "word": "tsunami"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
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          "word": "flodbølge"
        },
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          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tsunami"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vloedgolf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "end",
          "lang": "Ende",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ae mesi nuka tana lala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "cunamo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "hyökyaalto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "raz-de-marée"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ცუნამი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tsounámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "τσουνάμι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsùnāmī̀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tsunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "צוּנַמי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sūnāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सूनामी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sunāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सुनामी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "cunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "szökőár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flóðbylgja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "cunamio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "semong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "súnámaí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maremoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "つなみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "津波"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "つなみ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "津浪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "かいしょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaishō",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "海嘯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "sunāmi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ಸುನಾಮಿ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "цунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "suunaamiʼ",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ស៊ូណាមិ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "地震海溢",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jijinhaeil",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "지진해일"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sseunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "쓰나미"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "alt": "海溢",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "haeil",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "해일"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunamî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "цунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sū nā mi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ຊູນາມິ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cunamis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "cunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "цуна́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "semong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "parawhenua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tai āniwhaniwha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "tsunāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "त्सुनामी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sunāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सुनामी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "cunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "цунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "cünami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠼᠦᠨᠠᠮᠢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tó nitéél nitságo atságáá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nia",
          "lang": "Nias",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "oloro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nia",
          "lang": "Nias",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "galoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flodbølgje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "sunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ସୁନାମି"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âb-larze",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "آبْلَرْزه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sunâmi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "سونامی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maremoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "sunāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਸੁਨਾਮੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "цуна́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tonn-tuile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tonn-taomaidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "veleval"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цуна́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cunámi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "skh",
          "lang": "Sikule",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "among"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "skh",
          "lang": "Sikule",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "emong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "smr",
          "lang": "Simeulue",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "smong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "sunāmi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "සුනාමි"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maremoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "flodvåg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "тсунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "сунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "āḻippēralai",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "ஆழிப்பேரலை"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kaṭaṟkōḷ",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "கடற்கோள்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cuṉāmi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "சுனாமி"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "цунами"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "sunāmi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "సునామి"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sʉ̀-naa-mí",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "สึนามิ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "klʉ̂ʉn-yák",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "คลื่นยักษ์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "sunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cunámi",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "цуна́мі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sūnāmī",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سونامی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "dë'ngiz shawquni",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "دېڭىز شاۋقۇنى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "sunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "sóng thần"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsunami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tswnami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "tsûnamy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsunami",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "צונאַמי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
          "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
          "word": "haijsiu"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with initial /t͡s/",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      "word": "সুনামি"
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      "word": "ဆူနာမီ"
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      "roman": "jijinhaeil",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "지진해일"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sseunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "쓰나미"
    },
    {
      "alt": "海溢",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haeil",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "해일"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunamî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tsunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "цунами"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sū nā mi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "ຊູນາມິ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cunamis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cunámi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цуна́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "semong"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "parawhenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tai āniwhaniwha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "tsunāmī",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "त्सुनामी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sunāmī",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सुनामी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "цунами"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cünami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠼᠦᠨᠠᠮᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tó nitéél nitságo atságáá"
    },
    {
      "code": "nia",
      "lang": "Nias",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "oloro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nia",
      "lang": "Nias",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "galoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flodbølgje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "sunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "ସୁନାମି"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âb-larze",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "آبْلَرْزه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sunâmi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "سونامی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maremoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "sunāmī",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੁਨਾਮੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cunámi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цуна́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tonn-tuile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tonn-taomaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veleval"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цуна́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cunámi"
    },
    {
      "code": "skh",
      "lang": "Sikule",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "among"
    },
    {
      "code": "skh",
      "lang": "Sikule",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "emong"
    },
    {
      "code": "smr",
      "lang": "Simeulue",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "smong"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "sunāmi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "සුනාමි"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maremoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "flodvåg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tsunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "тсунами"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "сунами"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "āḻippēralai",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "ஆழிப்பேரலை"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaṭaṟkōḷ",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "கடற்கோள்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cuṉāmi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "சுனாமி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "tsunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "цунами"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sunāmi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "సునామి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sʉ̀-naa-mí",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "สึนามิ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "klʉ̂ʉn-yák",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "คลื่นยักษ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "sunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cunámi",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цуна́мі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sūnāmī",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سونامی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "dë'ngiz shawquni",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "دېڭىز شاۋقۇنى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "sunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "sóng thần"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsunami"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tswnami"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "tsûnamy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsunami",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "צונאַמי"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean",
      "word": "haijsiu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tsunami"
  ],
  "word": "tsunami"
}

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