English

Proper noun

Zika

1. A forest near Entebbe, Uganda

Noun

Zika ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of zika

English

Alternative forms

• Zika

Noun

zika ‎(uncountable)

1. The disease caused by the Zika virus.
   • 2016 January 13, Jessica Glenza, “First case of tropical zika virus linked to serious birth defect found in Texas”, in The Guardian:

     Dr Umair A Shah, executive director of the Harris County department of public health, said, “It’s probably not a case of if we get zika in our native mosquitoes, it’s probably a case of when we get zika in our native mosquitoes.”

Related terms

• Zika virus
• Zika disease
• Zika fever

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From muzika

Noun

zika f

1. (colloquial) music

Synonyms

• muzika, glazba

Spanish

Noun

zika m ‎(plural zikas)

1. zika
   • 2016 March, “El MSP ahora con vía libre para ir tras el Aedes aegypti”, in El Pais (Uruguay):

     El Ministerio de Salud Pública (MSP) llamó a extremar las medidas para combatir al mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmisor de los virus del dengue, el zika y el chikungunya, a partir del regreso masivo de uruguayos que viajaron al exterior.