Preferred Label : pitcairn island;
MeSH definition : An island in Polynesia, in the south Pacific Ocean. It was discovered in 1767 by Philip
Carteret, uninhabited until 1790 when settled by mutineers from the English ship,
Bounty. The settlement was discovered in 1808; the population was removed temporarily
to Tahiti in 1831 and to Norfolk Island (between New Caledonia and New Zealand) in
1856. Some later returned to Pitcairn and their descendents constitute the present
population of this British colony. The island is named for the midshipman who first
sighted it from the ship. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p958
& Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p422);
Wikipedia automatic translation : Pitcairn Islands;
MeSH annotation : an island in Polynesia, settled by the mutineers from the Bounty;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn Islands;
Origin ID : D010896;
UMLS CUI : C0031995;
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An island in Polynesia, in the south Pacific Ocean. It was discovered in 1767 by Philip
Carteret, uninhabited until 1790 when settled by mutineers from the English ship,
Bounty. The settlement was discovered in 1808; the population was removed temporarily
to Tahiti in 1831 and to Norfolk Island (between New Caledonia and New Zealand) in
1856. Some later returned to Pitcairn and their descendents constitute the present
population of this British colony. The island is named for the midshipman who first
sighted it from the ship. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p958
& Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p422)
