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Zika Forest

Zika Forest proper noun: an area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.

Proper noun

Zika Forest

  1. An area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.

Origin of Zika Forest

From Luganda zika (“become overgrown; go out of cultivation”).

Questions about Zika Forest

What does Zika Forest mean?
Zika Forest means an area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.
What part of speech is Zika Forest?
Zika Forest is a proper noun.

Words near Zika Forest in the dictionary

  1. zijes
  2. Zijinshan
  3. zika
  4. Zika disease
  5. Zika fever
  6. Zika Forest
  7. Zika virus
  8. Zikas
  9. zikat
  10. Zikawei
  11. Zike

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