Hendra

name, slang

name, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Hendra virus, a disease fatal to livestock and humans, caused by viruses of genus Henipavirus. informal
  2. 2
    A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  3. 3
    A number of places in Cornwall, England, including
  4. 4
    A number of places in Cornwall, England, including:; A settlement in St Dennis parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9557).

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henipavirus

Etymology

* In Queensland, the virus was named after the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia, where some of the first cases were reported. The name may have originated in Cornwall.

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