Preferred Label : arabia;
MeSH definition : The great peninsula of southwest Asia comprising most of the present countries of
the Middle East. It has been known since the first millennium B.C. In early times
it was divided into Arabia Petraea, the northwest part, the only part ever conquered,
becoming a Roman province; Arabia Deserta, the northern part between Syria and Mesopotamia;
and Arabia Felix, the main part of the peninsula but by some geographers restricted
to modern Yemen. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p63);
Wikipedia automatic translation : Arabian Peninsula;
MeSH annotation : a hist name; do not confuse with SAUDI ARABIA nor with ARAB WORLD, the culture & civilization;
Manual 36.13;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian Peninsula;
Origin ID : D001083;
UMLS CUI : C0003671;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Arabia [NCBI Taxonomy bacteria]
- Record concept(s)
- See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Semantic type(s)
The great peninsula of southwest Asia comprising most of the present countries of
the Middle East. It has been known since the first millennium B.C. In early times
it was divided into Arabia Petraea, the northwest part, the only part ever conquered,
becoming a Roman province; Arabia Deserta, the northern part between Syria and Mesopotamia;
and Arabia Felix, the main part of the peninsula but by some geographers restricted
to modern Yemen. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p63)
