comoros - CISMeF

Preferred Label : comoros;

MeSH definition : A group of Indian Ocean Islands, the islands of Great Comoro, Anjouan, Mayotte, and Moheli, lying between northeast Mozambique and northwest Madagascar. The capital is Moroni. In 1914 they became a colony attached to Madagascar administratively and were made a French overseas territory in 1947. Except for Mayotte which remained French, Comoros became an independent republic in 1975. Comoros represents the Arabic qamar, moon, said by some scholars to be linked with the mystical Mountains of the Moon said to be somewhere in equatorial Africa. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p283 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p122);

MeSH synonym : comoro islands; iles comores;

MeSH hyponym : mayotte;

MeSH annotation : a group of Indian Ocean Islands between Mozambique & Madagascar;

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

Details

Origin ID

D017507;

UMLS CUI

C0009490;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- comoros [MeSH concept]
- mayotte [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Mayotte [NCIt concept]

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