name
Meaning 1
A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Ebola
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈbəʊlə/
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General-American: /iˈboʊlə/
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General-American: /ɪˈboʊlə/
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rhymes with -əʊlə
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noun
Meaning 2
The Ebola virus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Ebola fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Ebola.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
History
Etymology
From French Ebola, from Northern Ngbandi Legbala (literally “white water”).
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.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِيبُولَا (ʔibūlā) — river
- Chinese Mandarin: 埃博拉 (Āibólā) — river
- Chinese Mandarin: 伊波拉 (Yībōlā) — river
- Japanese: エボラウ (Ebora) — river
- Persian: ابولا (ebolâ) — river
- Russian: Эбо́ла (Ebóla) — river
- Spanish: Ébola — river
- Catalan: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Chinese Cantonese: 伊波拉 (ji1 bo1 laai1) — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Chinese Mandarin: 伊波拉 (Yībōlā) — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Chinese Mandarin: 埃博拉 (āibólā) — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Czech: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Dutch: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- French: Ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Galician: ébola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- German: Ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Italian: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Polish: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Portuguese: ébola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Portuguese: ebola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Russian: Эбола (Ebola) — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
- Spanish: ébola — shortening for Ebola virus and Ebola fever
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