benin - CISMeF

Preferred Label : benin;

MeSH definition : A republic in western Africa, south of NIGER and between TOGO and NIGERIA. Its capital is Porto-Novo. It was formerly called Dahomey. In the 17th century it was a kingdom in the southern area of Africa. Coastal footholds were established by the French who deposed the ruler by 1892. It was made a French colony in 1894 and gained independence in 1960. Benin comes from the name of the indigenous inhabitants, the Bini, now more closely linked with southern Nigeria (Benin City, a town there). Bini may be related to the Arabic bani, sons. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p136, 310 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p60); A country in western Africa, south of NIGER and between TOGO and NIGERIA. Its capital is Porto-Novo.;

MeSH synonym : republic of benin; dahomey;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin;

Is substance : O;

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Origin ID

D001541;

UMLS CUI

C0005005;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Benin [FRANCIS theme]
- Benin [UNESCO concept]
- Benin [IAB term]
Record concept(s)
- benin [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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