british columbia

Preferred Label : british columbia;

MeSH definition : A province of Canada on the Pacific coast. Its capital is Victoria. The name given in 1858 derives from the Columbia River which was named by the American captain Robert Gray for his ship Columbia which in turn was named for Columbus. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p178 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p81-2);

MeSH annotation : a province of Canada on the Pacific coast;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British columbia;

Details

Origin ID

D001955;

UMLS CUI

C0006193;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- british columbia [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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