The word "tsunami" is of Japanese origin. The word is a combination of the Japanese characters "tsu," meaning "harbor," and "nami," meaning "wave."
Written in Japanese, the word looks like this: 津波
Tsunami comes from Japanese.
The term tsunami comes from the Japanese meaning harbor ("tsu", 津) and wave ("nami", 波). [a. Jap. tsunami, tunami, f. tsu harbour + nami waves.-Oxford English Dictionary]. For the plural, one can either follow ordinary English practice and add an s, or use an invariable plural as in Japanese. From Wikipedia.
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harbor waves and tsunami for japanese language
Tsunami comes from Japanese.
A tsunami can come during any kind of weather, as they are not weather-related.
in 2012
Tsunami's always come to Japan because of Earthquakes there. Most recent tsunami on March 11, 2011
It is 'tsunami'.
From Pacific coast.
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From the Japanese language meaning Harbour Wave
There are yet no instruments which could predict a Tsunami. So, it can't be told whether a tsunami will come or not.
26th December 2004
No. It is too far inland.