n. [ Earlier tuffoon, tuffon, Pg. tufão, Ar. tufān a violent storm; probably fr. Gr. tyfw^n, tyfw^s, a violent whirlwind, that rushes upward from the earth, whirling clouds of dust (cf. Typhus); or perhaps from Chin. t'ai-fung a cyclonic wind. ] A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas. [ 1913 Webster ]
[かみかぜ(P);しんぷう;かむかぜ, kamikaze (P); shinpuu ; kamukaze](n) (1) divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); (2) (かみかぜ only) kamikaze; (P)#14908[Add to Longdo]