From Taino 'hurakán' — a Caribbean storm god's name, possibly linked to Maya creator deity Huracan ('Heart of Sky').
A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or greater, occurring especially in the western Atlantic Ocean.
From Spanish 'huracán,' from Taino 'hurakán,' the name of the Carib/Taino storm god or evil spirit of the wind. The word may also be connected to the Mayan god Huracan (Heart of Sky), one of the creator deities in the Popol Vuh who unleashed a great flood. Spanish colonizers adopted the indigenous name for these devastating storms, and it spread to other European
The word 'hurricane' preserves the name of a god. The Taino people of the Caribbean called their storm deity 'Hurakán,' and in the K'iche' Maya creation myth (the Popol Vuh), Huracan ('Heart of Sky') is one of the creator gods who destroys the first humans with a great flood. When you name a hurricane, you are naming a storm