Ebola
proper noun
- disease
- virus
- river
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈbəʊlə/ / /iˈboʊlə/ / /ɪˈboʊlə/
name
Etymology: From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).
- A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Ebola.
“[A] single droplet of blood no bigger than this ‘o’ may contain 100 million ebola particles.”