hong kong - CISMeF

Preferred Label : hong kong;

MeSH definition : The former British crown colony located off the southeast coast of China, comprised of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and New Territories. The three sites were ceded to the British by the Chinese respectively in 1841, 1860, and 1898. Hong Kong reverted to China in July 1997. The name represents the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese xianggang, fragrant port, from xiang, perfume and gang, port or harbor, with reference to its currents sweetened by fresh water from a river west of it.;

MeSH synonym : Hongkong;

MeSH hyponym : new territories; kowloon;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong Kong;

Details

Origin ID

D006723;

UMLS CUI

C0019907;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Hong Kong [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- Hong Kong [UNESCO concept]
- Hong Kong [IAB term]
- Hong Kong Zebrafish [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- hong kong [MeSH concept]
- kowloon [MeSH concept]
- new territories [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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