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chikungunya

/t͡ʃɪkʊŋˈɡʊnjə/

chikungunya noun: a viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.

chikungunya: a viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
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Noun

chikungunya (uncountable)

  1. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
    • Chikungunya and dengue arboviral diseases are in expansion throughout the world.2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, “Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?”, in Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols, editors, Emerging Pests and Vector-borne...
    • The fever of Chikungunya is characterized by a rapid rise in temperature to as high as 40 C, often accompanied by rigors, myalgia, headache, photophobia, retro-orbital pain, sore throat with objective signs of pharyngitis, nausea, and vomiting.2010, Stephen A. Berger, Infectious Diseases of Zimbabwe, page 55

chikungunya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian

chikungunya in Hindi

a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
चिकनगुनिया cikanguniyā

chikungunya in Tamil

மூட்டுக்காய்ச்சல்

chikungunya in Urdu

a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
چکنگنیا chikanguniyā

chikungunya in Indonesian

a viral fever caused by an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites
cikungunya, flu tulang

Origin of chikungunya

Borrowed from Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), apparently referring to the arthritic effects of the disease. See -kunja, a suffix related to bending. Compare Swahili kunja (“to bend, to fold”).

Questions about chikungunya

What does chikungunya mean?
Chikungunya means a viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
What is chikungunya in Hindi?
Chikungunya in Hindi is चिकनगुनिया (cikanguniyā). See Chikungunya meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chikungunya?
Chikungunya is a noun.
How do you pronounce chikungunya?
Chikungunya is pronounced /t͡ʃɪkʊŋˈɡʊnjə/.

Words near chikungunya in the dictionary

  1. chikors
  2. chiks
  3. chiku
  4. Chikugo
  5. chikunga
  6. chikungunya
  7. chikus
  8. Chikusei
  9. Chikushino
  10. chikuwa
  11. Chil Minar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chikungunya (page history and authors); chikungunya (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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