Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [zee-kuh]
- /ˈzi kə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [zee-kuh]
- /ˈzi kə/
Definitions of zika word
- noun zika Also called Zika fever, Zika disease, Zika virus disease. an illness caused by a chiefly mosquito-borne virus of the genus Flavivirus , typically characterized by mild fever, rash, and joint pain. 1
- noun zika the virus that causes this illness; Zika virus. 1
- noun zika The disease caused by the Zika virus. 0
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Origin of zika
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55, Zika is from the Luganda word zika “overgrown”; the virus was first identified in a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda
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Parts of speech for Zika
noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
zika popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Top questions with zika
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