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Zika

noun

  1. a disease, short form
  2. virus
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Wiktionary

name

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

  1. A surname from Czech.

noun

  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.”

  2. The Zika virus.