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Descriptor English: Cuba
Descriptor Spanish: Cuba
Descriptor Cuba
Scope note: Isla de las Antillas Mayores en las Indias Occidentales, situada al sur de Florida. Junto con las islas adyacentes, esta isla constituye la República de Cuba. Su capital es La Habana. Fue descubierta por Colón en su primer vieja, el año 1492, y conquistada por España en 1511. Posee una variada historia vinculada a España, Gran Bretaña y los Estados Unidos, y obtuvo su independencia en 1902. El nombre de Cuba se dice que deriva de un nombre indio de origen desconocido, pero la lengua de la que procede dicho nombre se ha extinguido, por lo que su etimología es solo una conjetura. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cuba
Descriptor French: Cuba
Tree number(s): Z01.107.084.900.225
Z01.639.880.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003462
Scope note: An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies, south of Florida. With the adjacent islands it forms the Republic of Cuba. Its capital is Havana. It was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and conquered by Spain in 1511. It has a varied history under Spain, Great Britain, and the United States but has been independent since 1902. The name Cuba is said to be an Indian name of unknown origin but the language that gave the name is extinct, so the etymology is a conjecture. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)
Annotation: an island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
DeCS ID: 3482
Unique ID: D003462
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Cuba - Preferred
Concept UI M0005405
Scope note An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies, south of Florida. With the adjacent islands it forms the Republic of Cuba. Its capital is Havana. It was discovered by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492 and conquered by Spain in 1511. It has a varied history under Spain, Great Britain, and the United States but has been independent since 1902. The name Cuba is said to be an Indian name of unknown origin but the language that gave the name is extinct, so the etymology is a conjecture. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p302 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p132)
Preferred term Cuba



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