dominica - CISMeF

Preferred Label : dominica;

MeSH definition : An island republic of the West Indies. Its capital is Roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by Columbus and held at different times by the French and the British in the 18th century. A member of the West Indies Federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by Columbus who discovered it on Sunday, Domingo in Spanish, from the Latin Dominica dies, the Lord's Day. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151);

MeSH annotation : an island in the West Indies; do not confuse with DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, also in the West Indies;

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

Details

Origin ID

D019424;

UMLS CUI

C0013013;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Dominica [UNESCO concept]
- Dominica [IAB term]
Record concept(s)
- dominica [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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