The Ebola virus was named in 1976 after the Ebola River in Zaire
https://www-newz.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-ebola-virus-was-named-in-1976-after.html
As the New York Times reminds us today, the Health Ministry of Zaire named the Ebola virus after the Ebola River back in 1976. That river is a tributary of the Congo River. Zaire is, of course, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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