The correct English spelling is tsunami, with the initial "ts" pronounced in English as well as in Japanese. The common misspellings include sunami, sunamie, and tsunamie. This word comes from the Japanese tsu (harbor) + nami (wave).[1][6]
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sg.headtopics.comOften incorrectly referred to as a tidal wave, a tsunami, a seismic sea wave that can reach up to 150 miles per hour in speed and 200 feet high, is caused by underwater earthquakes or ...
gmatclub.com4. ### Andrew said, Andrew sMarch 11, 2011 @ 1:28 pm I heard someone on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning pronounce tsunami with the initial "ts". So maybe they were trying to pronounce it the Japanese way for a disaster in Japan. … I have always pronounced tsunami with the [ts], and that was before I learned and cared anything about the Japanese language, and I heard it pronounced either way during the South Asian earthquakes. I strongly disagree that pronouncing [ts] shows any...
languagelog.ldc.upenn.eduThe correct spelling is "tsunami". Common misspellings: sunami, sunamie, tsunamie. From Japanese tsu (harbor) + nami (wave). The T is not silent. From Japanese tsu, harbor and nami, wave — a harbor wave, named for where the destruction is most vi…
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