Preferred Label : azores;
MeSH definition : A group of nine islands and several islets belonging to Portugal in the north Atlantic
Ocean off the coast of Portugal. The islands are named after the acores, the Portuguese
for goshawks, living there in abundance. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988,
p102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p42);
MeSH annotation : a group of 9 Atlantic islands off the coast of Portugal;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores;
Origin ID : D001394;
UMLS CUI : C0004511;
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A group of nine islands and several islets belonging to Portugal in the north Atlantic
Ocean off the coast of Portugal. The islands are named after the acores, the Portuguese
for goshawks, living there in abundance. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988,
p102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p42)
