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Ebola en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈbəʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /iˈboʊlə/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪˈboʊlə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).

Meanings

  1. A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Forms

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the Ebola canonical lexicographic

Translations (8)

ja エボラウ (river) · el Έμπολα (river) · ar إِيبُولَا (river) · ru Эбо́ла (river) · es Ébola (river) · cmn 埃博拉 (river) · cmn 伊波拉 (river) · fa ابولا (river)

Ebola en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ɪˈbəʊlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /iˈboʊlə/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪˈboʊlə/ (General-American)

Etymology

Named after the river, which flowed near the first outbreak of Ebola that was first identified as Ebola. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The Ebola virus.
    • Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
  2. (uncountable) Ebola fever.

Forms

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ebola alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Ebola hemorrhagic fever · EVD · EHF · Ebola fever · Ebola virus disease · ebolavirus · Ebolavirus · Ebola virus

Hypernyms

filovirus (virus)

Hyponyms

Zaire ebolavirus (virus) · Ebola Reston (virus)

Relateds

Marburg virus · Marburg

Translations (28)

ro ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · pl ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · cmn 埃博拉 (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · mk ебола (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · it ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · cmn 伊波拉 (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · gl ébola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · ja エボラ (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · ru Эбола (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · sh èbola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · sk ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · cs ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · sv ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · es ébola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · fr Ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · nl ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · pt ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · sw Ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · fi ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · ca ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · el έμπολα (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · hu ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · yue 伊波拉 (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · sh ѐбола (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · kmr Ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · pt ébola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · da ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever) · de Ebola (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever)