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maelstrom
noun
[ ˈmeɪlstrəm ]
• a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river.
Similar:
whirlpool
,
vortex
,
eddy
,
swirl
, Charybdis,
Origin:
late 17th century: from early modern Dutch (denoting a mythical whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, west of Norway), from maalen ‘grind, whirl’ + stroom ‘stream’.
