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Descriptor English: | Suriname | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Suriname
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Suriname | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Suriname | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Guyane hollandaise Guyane néerlandaise République du Suriname |
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Tree number(s): |
Z01.107.757.833 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013532 | ||||||
Scope note: | A republic in the north of South America, bordered on the west by GUYANA (British Guiana) and on the east by FRENCH GUIANA. Its capital is Paramaribo. It was formerly called Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana or Surinam. Suriname was first settled by the English in 1651 but was ceded to the Dutch by treaty in 1667. It became an autonomous territory under the Dutch crown in 1954 and gained independence in 1975. The country was named for the Surinam River but the meaning of that name is uncertain. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1167 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p526) |
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Annotation: | in So. Amer; entry terms NETHERLANDS GUIANA, and DUTCH GUIANA were former names; in translations use American spelling Suriname, not Surinam |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
EH ethnologie EP épidémiologie |
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DeCS ID: | 13914 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D013532 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1981/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 1997/06/20 |
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Suriname
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Concept UI |
M0020907 |
Preferred term | Suriname |
Entry term(s) |
Guyane hollandaise Guyane néerlandaise République du Suriname |
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