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Zika

Zika

See also: zika

English

Proper noun

Zika

  1. A forest near Entebbe, Uganda

Noun

Zika (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of zika

zika

zika

See also: Zika

English

Alternative forms

Noun

zika (uncountable)

  1. The disease caused by the Zika virus.
    • 2016 January 13, Jessica Glenza, “First case of tropical zika virus linked to serious birth defect found in Texas”, in The Guardian:
      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.”

Related terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From muzika

Noun

zika f

  1. (colloquial) music

Synonyms


Spanish

Noun

zika m (plural zikas)

  1. zika
    • 2016 March, “El MSP ahora con vía libre para ir tras el Aedes aegypti”, in El Pais (Uruguay):
      El Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) llamó a extremar las medidas para combatir al mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmisor de los virus del dengue, el zika y el chikungunya, a partir del regreso masivo de uruguayos que viajaron al exterior.