Preferred Label : american samoa;
MeSH definition : A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago
Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American
interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were
granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered
the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by
treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951.
(From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44);
MeSH synonym : eastern samoa;
MeSH annotation : an island group in Samoa; admin by US Dept of Interior;
Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American Samoa;
Origin ID : D018948;
UMLS CUI : C0242536;
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A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago
Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American
interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were
granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered
the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by
treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951.
(From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)
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