chikungunya
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃikunˈɡunʝa/
chikungunya is spelled C-H-I-K-U-N-G-U-N-Y-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chikungunya is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chikungunya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chikungunya mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinechikungunya
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chikungunya
- chicungunya alternative
- chicunguña alternative
- chikunguña alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chikungunya?
- /t͡ʃikunˈɡunʝa/
- [t͡ʃi.kũŋˈɡũɲ.ɟ͡ʝa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chikungunya in Spanish?
chikungunya appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).