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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tsunami /tsuːˈnɑːmi/
noun (pl. same or tsunamis) a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
– origin C19: from Japanese, from tsu ‘harbour’ + nami ‘wave’.



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