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zika

zika noun: the disease caused by the Zika virus.

Noun (1)

zika (uncountable)

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Zika

Zika

  1. A forest near Entebbe, Uganda.

Noun (2) capitalized: Zika

Zika (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of zika (“virus and disease”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Zika

Zika (plural Zikas)

  1. A surname from Czech.

Forms of zika

Noun
alternative formZika
Proper noun
pluralZikas

Origin of zika

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

Phrases with zika

Questions about zika

What does zika mean?
Zika means the disease caused by the Zika virus.
What part of speech is zika?
Zika can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near zika in the dictionary

  1. zIIP
  2. zIIPs
  3. zij
  4. zijes
  5. Zijinshan
  6. zika
  7. Zika disease
  8. Zika fever
  9. Zika Forest
  10. Zika virus
  11. Zikas

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