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Descriptor English: Saskatchewan
Descriptor Spanish: Saskatchewan
Descriptor Saskatchewan
Scope note: Provincia de Canadá situada entre las provincias de Alberta y Manitoba. Su capital es Regina. Se trata de una región totalmente plana con praderas en el sur y bosques con múltiples lagos y pantanos en el norte. Su nombre proviene del rio Saskatchewan, del Cree Kisiskatchewani Sipi, que significa rio de corrientes rápidas. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1083 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p486)
Descriptor Portuguese: Saskatchewan
Descriptor French: Saskatchewan
Tree number(s): Z01.107.567.176.858
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012525
Scope note: A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba. Its capital is Regina. It is entirely a plains region with prairie in the south and wooded country with many lakes and swamps in the north. The name was taken from the Saskatchewan River from the Cree name Kisiskatchewani Sipi, meaning rapid-flowing river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1083 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p486)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 12907
Unique ID: D012525
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/02/21
Saskatchewan - Preferred
Concept UI M0019450
Scope note A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Alberta and Manitoba. Its capital is Regina. It is entirely a plains region with prairie in the south and wooded country with many lakes and swamps in the north. The name was taken from the Saskatchewan River from the Cree name Kisiskatchewani Sipi, meaning rapid-flowing river. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1083 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p486)
Preferred term Saskatchewan



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