Ebola

See also: ebola, ébola, and Ébola

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈbəʊlə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /iˈboʊlə/, /ɪˈboʊlə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Etymology 1

From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).

Proper noun

the Ebola

1. A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Translations

river

• Arabic: إِيبُولَا f (ʔibūlā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃博拉 (Āibólā), 伊波拉 (zh) (Yībōlā)

• Greek: Έμπολα (el) f (Émpola)
• Japanese: エボラウ (Ebora)
• Persian: ابولا (fa) (ebolâ)
• Russian: Эбо́ла (ru) f (Ebóla)
• Spanish: Ébola (es) 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 Control or Belgian researchers.

Alternative forms

• ebola

Noun

Ebola (uncountable)

1. The Ebola virus.
   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     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.

2. Ebola fever.

Hypernyms

• (virus): filovirus

Hyponyms

• (virus): Zaire ebolavirus, Ebola Reston

Derived terms

• Ebolavirus / ebolavirus
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever
• Ebola virus disease
• Ebola fever
• Ebola virus
• EHF
• EVD

Translations

shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever

• Catalan: ebola m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伊波拉 (ji¹ bo¹ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 伊波拉 (zh) (Yībōlā), 埃博拉 (āibólā)

• Czech: ebola (cs) f
• Danish: ebola (da) c
• Dutch: ebola (nl) f
• Finnish: ebola (fi)
• French: Ebola (fr) f
• Galician: ébola m
• German: Ebola (de) n
• Greek: έμπολα (el) m (émpola)
• Hebrew: אבולה
• Hungarian: ebola (hu)
• Italian: ebola (it) f
• Japanese: エボラ (ebora)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Ebola (ku) f

• Macedonian: ебола f (ebola)
• Polish: ebola (pl) f
• Portuguese: ébola (pt) m (Portugal), ebola (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: ebola (ro) f
• Russian: Эбола (ru) f (Ebola)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѐбола f

  Latin: èbola (sh) f

• Slovak: ebola (sk) f
• Spanish: ébola m
• Swahili: Ebola
• Swedish: ebola (sv)
• Turkish: ebola

Ebola virus — see Ebola virus

Ebola fever — see Ebola fever

See also

• Marburg
• Marburg virus

Swahili

Proper noun

Ebola

1. Ebola virus
2. Ebola fever