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Line 490: A Mayan loanword is ''[[cigar]]''. The Mayan word for "tobacco" is {{lang\|myn\|sic}} and {{lang\|myn\|sicar}} means "to smoke tobacco leaves". This is the most likely origin for cigar and thus cigarette.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cigar Cigar], Online Etymology Dictionary.</ref> The English word "[[hurricane]]", which is a borrowing from the Spanish word {{lang\|es\|huracán}} is considered to be related to the name of Maya storm deity [[Huracan\|Jun Raqan]] ~~(jab')~~. However, it is probable that the word passed into European languages from a [[Cariban languages\|Cariban language]] or [[Taíno language\|Taíno]].<ref>Read & González (2000), p.200</ref> ==Writing systems==

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