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Descriptor English: Bahamas
Descriptor Spanish: Bahamas
Descriptor Bahamas
Scope note: Cadena de islas, cayos y arrecifes en las Indias Occidentales que va desde el sur de Florida hasta el norte de Cuba. Es un estado independiente también denominado la Commonwealth de las Bahamas o las Islas Bahamas. Su nombre probablemente deriva del nombre local Guanahani, cuyo origen es incierto. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
Descriptor Portuguese: Bahamas
Descriptor French: Bahamas
Tree number(s): Z01.107.084.900.100
Z01.639.880.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001444
Scope note: A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
Annotation: a chain of islands in the West Indies
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 1467
Unique ID: D001444
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Bahamas - Preferred
Concept UI M0002149
Scope note A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
Preferred term Bahamas



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