new zealand - CISMeF

Preferred Label : new zealand;

MeSH definition : A group of islands in the southwest Pacific. Its capital is Wellington. It was discovered by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and circumnavigated by Cook in 1769. Colonized in 1840 by the New Zealand Company, it became a British crown colony in 1840 until 1907 when colonial status was terminated. New Zealand is a partly anglicized form of the original Dutch name Nieuw Zeeland, new sea land, possibly with reference to the Dutch province of Zeeland. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p842 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p378);

MeSH annotation : Maori are Polynesians native to New Zealand; Australasia refers to Australia, New Zealand or both: check text;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New Zealand;

Details

Origin ID

D009520;

UMLS CUI

C0027978;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- New Zealand [UNESCO concept]
- New Zealand European (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- New Zealand Māori (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- New Zealand Rabbit [NCIt concept]
- New Zealand wren (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- New Zealander [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- new zealand [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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