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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.

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