If you could name a hurricane/cyclone, what would you call it?
In the Philippines they make their own names for it. For typhoons, countries like Thailand, Micronesia, China, Korea and others contribute to it. For example Haiyan means petrel (a type of seabird), Manghut refers to a mangosteen tree, a tree with edible fruit, while Hagibis is from the Philippines and means either swiftness or rapidity. In the Central Pacific, Hawaiian names are often used. For example, Hurricane Iniki, which in Hawaiian means strong or piercing wind. In the North Indian Ocean such as India, Bangladesh, and others, for cyclones, they use names often from Hindu or Arabic names, and often meaning with certain characteristics, such as success, fast, obedience, etc. They also have interesting names that are used for cyclones in parts of Madagascar and often from local languages there. Other countries may contribute such as Papua New Guinea, rarely Indonesia, and also Fiji. But suffice to say, the names we use for hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific and the Atlantic sometimes just aren't amazing.
So if you could make a list of names for hurricanes, what would you use or what language would you derive from it? This is purely hypothetical. I'll start by saying we could maybe have names that are from Indigenous languages (e.g. Native American, Maya, Taino) and so forth.
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