Question

What is the origin and meaning of the term 'tsunami'?

Answer 1

The word Tsunami comes from the Japanese tsu (harbor) and nami (wave). Appropriate naming, as some 80 percent of all tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean and Japan has suffered many, some coming from as far away as South America. Tsunamis are often incorrectly called tidal waves, but tides have nothing to do with them (though the damage may be worse if a tsunami hits at high tide).

Answer 2

The term tsunami comes from the Japanese words for harbour (tsu or 津) and nami (wave or 波 or 浪). In Japanese, it is both a singular and plural word but in English the plural is tsunamis. The term as created by fisherman who returned to see the area surrounding the harbour devastated although there had not been a wave noticeable on the ocean.

Answer 3

it from japan.bcoz the wave so big it called by poeple there tsunami....(tsu=big nami=wave)..ok.

Answer 4

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