English Explanatory Dictionary

Hendra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Hendra virus, a disease fatal to livestock and humans, caused by viruses of genus Henipavirus.
  2. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A number of places in Cornwall, England, including
  4. A number of places in Cornwall, England, including:
  5. A settlement in St Dennis parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9557).

Word forms

Hendra

Etymology

* In Queensland, the virus was named after the suburb of Hendra in Brisbane, Australia, where some of the first cases were reported. The name may have originated in Cornwall.

Synonyms

henipavirus
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