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Descriptor English: Guernsey
Descriptor Spanish: Guernesey
Descriptor Guernsey
Scope note: La segunda isla en tamaño de las Islas del Canal en el Canal de la Mancha. Abarca unos 78 kilómetros cuadrados y es donde se originó la raza de ganado vacuno Guernsey. El nombre es escandinavo, "isla de Grani" ("ey" significa 'isla'). (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)
Descriptor Portuguese: Guernsey
Descriptor French: Guernesey
Entry term(s): Guernsey Island
Tree number(s): Z01.542.363.161.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019435
Scope note: The second largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It covers about 30 square miles and is where the Guernsey breed of cattle originated. The name is Scandinavian, Grani's island (ey means island). (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)
Annotation: one of the Channel Islands
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Channel Islands (1967-1996)
Online Note: use CHANNEL ISLANDS to search GUERNSEY ISLAND 1975-96
History Note: 97; GUERNSEY ISLAND was see CHANNEL ISLANDS 1975-96
DeCS ID: 33218
Unique ID: D019435
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/26
Revision Date: 2016/07/11
Guernsey - Preferred
Concept UI M0028913
Scope note The second largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It covers about 30 square miles and is where the Guernsey breed of cattle originated. The name is Scandinavian, Grani's island (ey means island). (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)
Preferred term Guernsey
Entry term(s) Guernsey Island



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