Preferred Label : Eswatini;
MeSH definition : A kingdom in southern Africa, west of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Mbabane. The area
was settled by the Swazi branch of the Zulu nation in the early 1880's, with its independence
guaranteed by the British and Transvaal governments in 1881 and 1884. With limited
self-government introduced in 1962, it became independent in 1968. Swazi is the Zulu
name for the people who call themselves Swati, from Mswati, the name of a 16th century
king, from a word meaning stick or rod. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p1170 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p527); A kingdom in southern Africa, west of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Mbabane. It became
independent from Britain in 1968. The former country name Swaziland was changed in
2018. (from CIA World Factbook, 2019);
MeSH synonym : Swaziland;
CISMeF synonym : swaziland;
MeSH annotation : a kingdom in southern Africa;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini;
Origin ID : D013541;
UMLS CUI : C0038983;
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A kingdom in southern Africa, west of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Mbabane. The area
was settled by the Swazi branch of the Zulu nation in the early 1880's, with its independence
guaranteed by the British and Transvaal governments in 1881 and 1884. With limited
self-government introduced in 1962, it became independent in 1968. Swazi is the Zulu
name for the people who call themselves Swati, from Mswati, the name of a 16th century
king, from a word meaning stick or rod. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p1170 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p527)
A kingdom in southern Africa, west of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Mbabane. It became
independent from Britain in 1968. The former country name Swaziland was changed in
2018. (from CIA World Factbook, 2019)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Swaziland
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