cordonazo
kor-doh-NAH-soh
A hurricane-force wind and storm that strikes the west coast of Mexico, typically in October around the feast day of St. Francis (October 4). Also called el cordonazo de San Francisco — "the lash of St. Francis."
Etymology
Spanish — cordonazo, meaning a lash or whip-stroke, from cordón, a cord. The saint cracks his whip and the storm arrives.
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