Typhoon Shanshan

The name Shanshan has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Hong Kong and is a girls' given name (Chinese: 珊珊; pinyin: Shān-shān; Cantonese Yale: Sāan-sāan).[1][2] It is part of a series of reduplicated typhoon names from Hong Kong, like Tingting, Yanyan and Lingling.

Preceded by
Jongdari
Pacific typhoon season names
Shanshan
Succeeded by
Yagi

References

  1. "The Meaning of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names". Fort Worth, TX: National Weather Service. 2008.
  2. "颱風的命名 (Naming Typhoons)" (in Chinese).
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