Preferred Label : seychelles;
MeSH definition : A group of Indian Ocean Islands, east of Tanzania. Their capital is Victoria. They
were first claimed by the French in 1744 but taken by the English in 1794 and made
a dependency of MAURITIUS in 1810. They became a crown colony in 1903 and a republic
within the Commonwealth in 1976. They were named for the French finance minister,
Jean Moreau de Sechelles, but respelled by the English in 1794. (From Webster's New
Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p496);
MeSH annotation : a group of Indian Ocean Islands east of Tanzania;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles;
Origin ID : D012750;
UMLS CUI : C0036919;
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A group of Indian Ocean Islands, east of Tanzania. Their capital is Victoria. They
were first claimed by the French in 1744 but taken by the English in 1794 and made
a dependency of MAURITIUS in 1810. They became a crown colony in 1903 and a republic
within the Commonwealth in 1976. They were named for the French finance minister,
Jean Moreau de Sechelles, but respelled by the English in 1794. (From Webster's New
Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p496)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Seychelles
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seychelles
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