Preferred Label : bermuda;
MeSH definition : A British colony in the western North Atlantic Ocean about 640 miles east southeast
of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It comprises a group of about 300 islands of which
only about 20 are inhabited. It is called also the Bermuda Islands or the Bermudas.
It was named for the Spanish explorer Juan Bermudez who visited the islands in 1515.
(From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p140 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary
of Names, 1992, p61);
MeSH annotation : a British colony in the North Atlantic;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda;
Origin ID : D001605;
UMLS CUI : C0005126;
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A British colony in the western North Atlantic Ocean about 640 miles east southeast
of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It comprises a group of about 300 islands of which
only about 20 are inhabited. It is called also the Bermuda Islands or the Bermudas.
It was named for the Spanish explorer Juan Bermudez who visited the islands in 1515.
(From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p140 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary
of Names, 1992, p61)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Bermudes
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bermuda
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