Preferred Label : vanuatu;
MeSH definition : A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Its capital is Port-Vila. It was called New Hebrides until 1980. It was discovered
in 1606 by the Portuguese, forgotten for 160 years, then visited by Bougainville in
1768 and Captain Cook in 1774. It was under joint British and French administration
from 1906 until it became independent in 1980 under the name of Vanuatu. The name
is native, meaning our land. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p833
& Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p570);
MeSH synonym : new hebrides;
MeSH annotation : an island group in Melanesia; X ref NEW HEBRIDES was its former name; an island group in Melanesia; entry term NEW HEBRIDES was its former name;
Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu;
Origin ID : D009514;
UMLS CUI : C0042321;
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A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Its capital is Port-Vila. It was called New Hebrides until 1980. It was discovered
in 1606 by the Portuguese, forgotten for 160 years, then visited by Bougainville in
1768 and Captain Cook in 1774. It was under joint British and French administration
from 1906 until it became independent in 1980 under the name of Vanuatu. The name
is native, meaning our land. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p833
& Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p570)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Vanuatu
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