Preferred Label : samoa;
MeSH definition : A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and
the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA (Western Samoa). First European contact was made in
1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman. In 1768 they were named Navigators Islands by
Louis de Bougainville. The present name may derive from that of a local chieftain
or from a local word meaning place of the moa, a now-extinct island bird. (From Webster's
New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1061 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992,
p481);
MeSH synonym : navigator island; navigator islands; samoan islands; samoa islands;
MeSH annotation : an island group in Polynesia; AMERICAN SAMOA & INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA are also
available;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa;
Origin ID : D018947;
UMLS CUI : C0242537;
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A group of islands in the southwest central Pacific, divided into AMERICAN SAMOA and
the INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA (Western Samoa). First European contact was made in
1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman. In 1768 they were named Navigators Islands by
Louis de Bougainville. The present name may derive from that of a local chieftain
or from a local word meaning place of the moa, a now-extinct island bird. (From Webster's
New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1061 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992,
p481)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Samoa
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