Ebola River
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| Part of | Congo Basin  |
|---|---|
| Mouth of the watercourse | Mongala River |
| Drainage basin | Congo Basin |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Équateur |
| Coordinate location | 3°36′42″N 22°49′45″E, 3°19′24″N 20°57′38″E |
De Ebola River (/iˌboʊlə/ anaa /əˈboʊlə/),[1][2] sanso commonly be known by ein Ngbandi name Legbala,[3] be de headstream of de Mongala River, a tributary of de Congo River, insyd northern Democratic Republic of de Congo.[4] E be roughly 250 kilometers (160 mi) insyd length.
De name Ebola be a French corruption of Legbala, ein name insyd Ngbandi wich dey mean 'white water'.[5] During de Belgian administration na dese names be interchangeable along plus de French names Eau Blanche[3] den rarely L'Ébola.[5]
Insyd 1976, na dem first identify Ebola virus insyd Yambuku, 111 kilometers (69 mi) from de Ebola River, buh de virologist Karl Johnson decide to name am after de river so dat de town no go be associated plus de disease ein stigma.[5] Thus, de river be eponymous to de terms Ebola virus, Ebolavirus, den Ebola virus disease (dem usually refer to as simply "Ebola").[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: Ebola". The American Heritage Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ↑ "Ebola | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". Cambridge English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- 1 2 Tanghe, Basile; Vangele, A. (June 1939). "Région de la Haute Ebola: Notes d'histoire (1890-1900)" (PDF). Aequatoria (in French). 2 (6): 61–65. JSTOR 25837382. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ↑ Bossche, J.-P. vanden; Bernacsek, G. M.; Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (1990). Source Book for the Inland Fishery Resources of Africa (in English). Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 978-92-5-102983-1.
- 1 2 3 Wordsworth, Dot (25 October 2014). "How Ebola got its name". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 1 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ "Ebola outbreak confirmed by DR Congo". BBC News. 2014-08-25. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
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