guadeloupe - CISMeF

Preferred Label : guadeloupe;

MeSH definition : The name of two islands of the West Indies, separated by a narrow channel. Their capital is Basse-Terre. They were discovered by Columbus in 1493, occupied by the French in 1635, held by the British at various times between 1759 and 1813, transferred to Sweden in 1813, and restored to France in 1816. Its status was changed from colony to a French overseas department in 1946. Columbus named it in honor of the monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe in Spain. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p470 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p221);

MeSH annotation : two islands in the West Indies separated by a narrow channel;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloupe;

Details

Origin ID

D019430;

UMLS CUI

C0018301;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Guadeloupe [UNESCO concept]
- Guadeloupe [IAB term]
Record concept(s)
- guadeloupe [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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