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Descriptor English: Brunei
Descriptor Spanish: Brunei
Descriptor Brunei
Entry term(s) Estado de Brunei Darussalam
Scope note: Sultanato independiente en la costa noreste de Borneo. Sus productos principales son el petróleo y el gas natural. Su nombre es hindú y proviene del sánscrito bhumi, tierra o región. Le dio su nombre a Borneo. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p183 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p82).
Descriptor Portuguese: Brunei
Descriptor French: Brunei
Tree number(s): Z01.252.145.130
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002010
Scope note: An independent sultanate on the northeast coast of Borneo. Its chief products are oil and natural gas. Its name is Hindi, coming from the Sanskrit bhumi, land or region. It gave its name Brunei to Borneo. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p183 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p82)
Annotation: a sultanate on the northeast coast of Borneo
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 2038
Unique ID: D002010
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Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 1995/02/17
Brunei - Preferred
Concept UI M0002992
Scope note An independent sultanate on the northeast coast of Borneo. Its chief products are oil and natural gas. Its name is Hindi, coming from the Sanskrit bhumi, land or region. It gave its name Brunei to Borneo. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p183 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p82)
Preferred term Brunei



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