Zika Forest

proper noun

An area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.

OriginLuganda zika →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An area of tropical forest near Entebbe, Uganda, owned by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), used for mosquito research, where the Zika virus was first isolated and described.

Origin

  1. Lugandazika“become overgrown; go out of cultivation”
  2. EnglishZika Forest

From Luganda zika (“become overgrown; go out of cultivation”).

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Zika Forest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zika%20Forest

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“Zika Forest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zika%20Forest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zika Forest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zika%20Forest.

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