Yasi is a Fijian word meaning sandalwood. The name is getting a good deal of attention since the category 5 cyclone hitting Australia was named after it.
The word 'Yasi', as in the tropical cyclone, Cyclone Yasi, which passed over Queensland, Australia on February 4-5, 2011, is a Fijiian name meaning 'sandalwood'.The name of the cyclone was chosen by a Fijiian meteorologist, since the cyclone originated near the Fijiian Islands.See the link, below, for more information on the naming of cyclones in general and of Yasi in particular.
Yasi is a Fijian name
Yasi is a Fijian word meaning sandalwood. The name is getting a good deal of attention since the category 5 cyclone hitting Australia was named after it.
Yasi is not a place, it is the cyclone's name.
I think Yasi is a girls name.It could be a boys if you wanted it to.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its name in Fiji. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
the name of the cyclone was yasi
Cyclone Yasi is a severe tropical cyclone which was named in Fiji, and the name is Fijian for Sandalwood, which is a plant that grows in Fiji and flowers this time of year during the wet season.To answer the actual question,Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its name in Fiji. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
Quite simply, Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was so named because it is a Fijian name, meaning 'sandalwood', and the cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji. It was named by the Fiji Meteorological Service. Not all cyclones which hit the Australian coastline originate in Australian waters. Those which originate in Australian waters are given more 'Australian', or English-sounding names.
The size of Cyclone Yasi is about 500km wide.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its Fijian name because it developed in Fijian waters. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
Cyclone Yasi formed in the waters just off Fiji.