Brugia

Translingual

Brugia malayi

Etymology

Named after Dutch parasitologist Steffen Lambert Brug +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Brugia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Onchocercidae – a group of small roundworms that cause filariasis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Nematoda - phylum; Chromadorea - class; Plectia - subclass; Rhabditica - superorder; Rhabditida - order; Spirurina - suborder; Spiruromorpha - infraorder; Filarioidea - superfamily; Onchocercidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Brugia buckleyi, Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi, Brugia patei, Brugia timori - selected species

References

• Brugia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Brugia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Brugia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Brugge, from Old Dutch Bruges, Bruggas, Brugias, probably from brugga (“bridge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ɡja/

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• Rhymes: -uɡja
• Syllabification: Bru‧gia

Proper noun

Brugia f

1. Bruges (the capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium)

Declension

Declension of Brugia

	singular
nominative	Brugia
genitive	Brugii
dative	Brugii
accusative	Brugię
instrumental	Brugią
locative	Brugii
vocative	Brugio

Derived terms

adjective

• brugijski

 

nouns

• brugijczyk
• brugijka

 

Further reading

• Brugia in Polish dictionaries at PWN