# Hendra

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #85,340

## Definitions
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:

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hendra