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Ebola
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English
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈbəʊlə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ebola.wav Southern England
en /iˈboʊlə/ /ɪˈboʊlə/ GenAm
en əʊlə 3
Etymology 1
From en fr Ebola, from en ngb Legbala white water.
Proper noun
+ River
1
en river c/Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Translations
river
Arabic: ar إِيبُولَا f ʔibūlā
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 埃博拉 Āibólā, cmn 伊波拉 Yībōlā
Greek: el Έμπολα f
Japanese: ja エボラウ Ebora
Persian: fa ابولا ebolâ
Russian: ru Эбо́ла f
Spanish: es Ébola m
Etymology 2
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 ControlThe Hot Zone Preston Richard Richard Preston 117 Karl Johnson named it Ebola Anchor Books (Random House) July 20, 1995 or Belgian researchers.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/ebola-zaire-peter-piot-outbreak 'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy' Bredow Rafaela von Hackenbroch Veronika The Observer Guardian Media Group 4 October 2014
Alternative forms
en ebola
Noun
-
The Ebola virus.
en 2013 May-June Katie L. Burke In the News 101 3 193 w:American Scientist 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.
Ebola fever.
Hypernyms
virus en filovirus
Hyponyms
virus Zaire ebolavirus species, en Ebola Reston
Derived terms
Ebolavirus genus / ebolavirus
en Ebola hemorrhagic fever
en Ebola virus disease
en Ebola fever
en Ebola virus
en EHF
en EVD
Translations
shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
Catalan: ca ebola m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 伊波拉
Mandarin: cmn 伊波拉, cmn 埃博拉
Czech: cs ebola f
Danish: da ebola c
Dutch: nl ebola f
Finnish: fi ebola
French: fr Ebola f
Galician: gl ébola m
German: de Ebola n
Greek: el έμπολα m
Hebrew: he אבולה
Hungarian: hu ebola
Italian: it ebola f
Japanese: ja エボラ ebora
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Ebola f
Macedonian: mk ебола f
Polish: pl ebola f
Portuguese: pt ébola m Portugal, pt ebola Brazil
Romanian: ro ebola f
Russian: ru Эбола f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ѐбола f
Latin: sh èbola f
Slovak: sk ebola f
Spanish: es ébola m
Swahili: sw Ebola
Swedish: sv ebola
Turkish: tr ebola
Ebola virus
Ebola fever
See also
en Marburg
en Marburg virus
References
en Viral diseases
Swahili
Proper noun
sw proper noun
Ebola virus
Ebola fever
sw Viral diseases