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Descriptor English: Reunion
Descriptor Spanish: Reunión
Descriptor Isla de La Reunión
Scope note: Una de las Islas del Océano Índico, situada al este de Madagascar. La capital es Saint-Denis. Fue descubierta en 1507 por los portugueses y reclamada por Francia en 1638. Fue colonizada por vez primera en 1662 como Isla de Bourbon, pero fue rebautizada como isla de la Reunión en 1793. En 1946 se convirtió en departamento de ultramar de Francia. El nombre conmemora la reunión de los revolucionarios de Marsella con la Guardia Nacional en París en 1792. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p. 1011; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p. 454)
Descriptor Portuguese: Reunião
Descriptor French: Réunion
Tree number(s): Z01.639.520.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017508
Scope note: One of the Indian Ocean Islands, east of Madagascar. Its capital is Saint-Denis. It was discovered in 1507 by the Portuguese and claimed by France in 1638. It was first colonized in 1662 as Isle de Bourbon but renamed Reunion in 1793. In 1946 it was made an overseas department of France. The name commemorates the reunion of the revolutionaries from Marseilles with the National Guard in Paris in 1792. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1011; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p454; French Embassy)
Annotation: one of the Indian Ocean Islands east of Madagascar; in translations use accent: Réunion
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Indian Ocean Islands (1983-1992)
Online Note: use INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS to search REUNION 1987-92
History Note: 93; was see INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS 1987-92
DeCS ID: 30540
Unique ID: D017508
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2015/01/12
Reunion - Preferred
Concept UI M0026569
Scope note One of the Indian Ocean Islands, east of Madagascar. Its capital is Saint-Denis. It was discovered in 1507 by the Portuguese and claimed by France in 1638. It was first colonized in 1662 as Isle de Bourbon but renamed Reunion in 1793. In 1946 it was made an overseas department of France. The name commemorates the reunion of the revolutionaries from Marseilles with the National Guard in Paris in 1792. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1011; Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p454; French Embassy)
Preferred term Reunion



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