madagascar - CISMeF

Preferred Label : madagascar;

MeSH definition : One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714);

MeSH synonym : malagasy republic;

MeSH annotation : the largest of the Indian Ocean Islands; X ref MALAGASY REPUBLIC was its former name; the largest of the Indian Ocean Islands; entry term MALAGASY REPUBLIC was its former name;

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

Details

Origin ID

D008270;

UMLS CUI

C0024443;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Madagascar [UNESCO concept]
- Madagascar [IAB term]
- Malagasy [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- madagascar [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Malagasy [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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