What is the origin of the name “hurricane”?
“HURRICANE…derived from ‘hurican’, the Carib god of evil… alternative spellings: foracan, foracane, furacana, furacane, furicane, furicano, haracana, harauncana, haraucane, haroucana, harrycain, hauracane, haurachana, herican, hericane, hericano, herocane, herricao, herycano, heuricane, hiracano, hirecano, hurac[s]n, huracano, hurican, hurleblast, hurlecan, hurlecano, hurlicano, hurrican, hurricano, hyrracano, urycan, hyrricano, jimmycane, oraucan, uracan, uracano” From the _Glossary of Meteorology_ It should be noted that ‘hurican’ was derived from the Mayan ‘Hurakan’, one of their creator gods, who blew his breath across the Chaotic water and brought forth dry land.
