"Ebola" meaning in All languages combined

See Ebola on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɪˈbəʊlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /iˈboʊlə/ [General-American], /ɪˈboʊlə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ebola
  1. A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Categories (place): Places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Translations (river): إِيبُولَا (ʔibūlā) [feminine] (Arabic), 埃博拉 (Āibólā) (Chinese Mandarin), 伊波拉 (Yībōlā) (Chinese Mandarin), エボラウ (Ebora) (Japanese), ابولا (ebolâ) (Persian), Эбо́ла (Ebóla) [feminine] (Russian), Ébola [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ebola-en-name-f-DBBZIg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈbəʊlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /iˈboʊlə/ [General-American], /ɪˈboʊlə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -əʊlə Etymology: 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 Control or Belgian researchers. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Ebola (uncountable)
  1. The Ebola virus. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: ebola Hypernyms (virus): filovirus Hyponyms (virus): Zaire ebolavirus, Ebola Reston Derived forms: Ebolavirus, ebolavirus Related terms: Ebola fever, Ebola virus, EHF, EVD, Marburg, Marburg virus
    Sense id: en-Ebola-en-noun-fwdcuwne Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 52 Disambiguation of 'virus': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'virus': 100 0
  2. Ebola fever. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Viral diseases Translations (shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever): ebola [masculine] (Catalan), ebola [feminine] (Czech), ebola (Dutch), Ebola [feminine] (French), ébola [masculine] (Galician), Ebola [neuter] (German), ebola [feminine] (Italian), ebola [feminine] (Polish), ébola [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), ebola [Brazil] (Portuguese), Эбола (Ebola) [feminine] (Russian), ébola [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ebola-en-noun-aSHd~0RK Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 8 30 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 46 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 35 62 Disambiguation of 'shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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