Zika

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The disease caused by the Zika virus. uncountable

    "Dr Umair A Shah, executive director of the Harris County department of public health, said, “It’s probably not a case of if we get zika in our native mosquitoes, it’s probably a case of when we get zika in our native mosquitoes.”"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of zika (“virus and disease”). alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    The Zika virus. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A forest near Entebbe, Uganda.
  2. 2
    A surname from Czech.

Example

More examples

"This campaign cannot forestall new Zika virus outbreaks."

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Zika, a short form of the personal name Zikmund.

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