zika

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noun

The disease caused by the Zika virus.

OriginCzech Zika →
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Meanings

zika1

nounzika (uncountable)

alternative Zika

  1. uncountableThe disease caused by the Zika virus.

    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.”

    2016 January 13, Jessica Glenza, “First case of tropical zika virus linked to serious birth defect found in Texas”, in The Guardian
  2. uncountableThe Zika virus.

Zika2

proper noun
  1. A forest near Entebbe, Uganda.

Zika3

nounZika (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of zika (“virus and disease”).

Zika4

proper nounZika (plural Zikas)

plural Zikas

  1. A surname from Czech.

Origin

  1. CzechZika
  2. EnglishZika

Borrowed from Czech Zika, a short form of the personal name Zikmund.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Zakikazi
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APA

zika. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zika

MLA

“zika.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zika. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zika,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zika.

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