Bed bugs are found across the globe from North and South America, to Africa, Asia and Europe. Although the presence of bed bugs has traditionally been seen as a problem in developing countries, it has recently been spreading rapidly in parts of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe.
aidâ²less, adj. syn: See help. usage: Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings âan assisting person,â the spelling aide is increasingly being used for this sense: One of the senator's aides is calling. aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp.
[ 3 syll. ai-da, aid-a ] The baby girl name Aida is pronounced aa-IY-Dah in English â . 1: Aida's language of origin is Old French, and it is predominantly used in African, Arabic, English, Italian, and Spanish. Aida is of the meaning 'helpful'. It is derived from the element aidier with the meaning 'to help'. The name is of obscure origin; it could also be of Arabic roots. It is known from the heroic Ethiopian princess in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida (1871).