Hendra

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

* 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.

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