Zika
noun
- a disease, short form
- virus
Wiktionary
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Zika, a short form of the personal name Zikmund.
- A surname from Czech.
noun
- 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.””
- The Zika virus.