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Descriptor English: Melanesia
Descriptor Spanish: Melanesia
Descriptor Melanesia
Entry term(s) Isla Norfolk
Islas Salomón
Scope note: Nombre colectivo que se aplica a las islas del Océano Pacífico al noreste de Australia, que incluye NUEVA CALEDONIA, VANUATU, Nuevas Hébridas, Islas Salomón, Islas del Almirantazgo, Archipiélago Bismarck, FIJI, etc. La Melanesia (del griego melas, negro + nesos, isla) recibe dicha denominación por el color negro de los nativos que son considerados generalmente como descendientes originalmente de los Papúas Negroides y de los polinesios o malayos. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p344)
Descriptor Portuguese: Melanesia
Descriptor French: Mélanésie
Entry term(s): British Solomon Islands
Norfolk Island
Solomon Islands
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.590
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008542
Scope note: The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, FIJI, etc. Melanesia (from the Greek melas, black + nesos, island) is so called from the black color of the natives who are generally considered to be descended originally from the Negroid Papuans and the Polynesians or Malays. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p344)
Annotation: a group of islands northeast of Australia; includes, in addition to indentions & X refs, Norfolk Island; Melanesians are of Negroid race unless otherwise specified
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 8711
Unique ID: D008542
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Melanesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0013304
Scope note The collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia, including NEW CALEDONIA; VANUATU; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, FIJI, etc. Melanesia (from the Greek melas, black + nesos, island) is so called from the black color of the natives who are generally considered to be descended originally from the Negroid Papuans and the Polynesians or Malays. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p748 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p344)
Preferred term Melanesia
Norfolk Island - Narrower
Concept UI M0013305
Preferred term Norfolk Island
Solomon Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013306
Preferred term Solomon Islands
British Solomon Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013303
Preferred term British Solomon Islands



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