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Descriptor English: Borneo
Descriptor Spanish: Borneo
Descriptor Borneo
Scope note: Isla del archipiélago malayo, al este de Sumatra, norte de Java, y oeste de Célebes. Es la tercera mayor isla del mundo. Su nombre es una alteración portuguesa de BRUNEI, situado en ella. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p163; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p73).
Descriptor Portuguese: Bornéu
Descriptor French: Bornéo
Tree number(s): Z01.252.145.103
Z01.639.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001893
Scope note: An island in the Malay Archipelago, east of Sumatra, north of Java, and west of Celebes. It is the third largest island in the world. Its name is a Portuguese alteration of BRUNEI, located on it. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p163; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p73)
Annotation: an island in the Malay Archipelago; 3d largest island in the world
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie
DeCS ID: 1917
Unique ID: D001893
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Bornéo - Preferred
Concept UI M0002829
Preferred term Bornéo



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