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Descriptor English: Guam
Descriptor Spanish: Guam
Descriptor Guam
Scope note: Isla de la Micronesia, al este de Filipinas, la mayor y más meridional de las Marianas. La capital es Agana. Fue descubierta por Magallanes en 1521 y ocupada por España en 1565. Fue cedida a los Estados Unidos en 1898. Es un territorio no incorporado de los Estados Unidos, administrado por el Departamento de Interior desde 1950. Es controvertida la derivación del nombre Guam. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p471)
Descriptor Portuguese: Guam
Descriptor French: Guam
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.680.435
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006141
Scope note: An island in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, the largest and southernmost of the Marianas. Its capital is Agana. It was discovered by Magellan in 1521 and occupied by Spain in 1565. They ceded it to the United States in 1898. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Department of the Interior since 1950. The derivation of the name Guam is in dispute. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p471)
Annotation: an island in Micronesia
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 6290
Unique ID: D006141
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Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Guam - Preferred
Concept UI M0009670
Scope note An island in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, the largest and southernmost of the Marianas. Its capital is Agana. It was discovered by Magellan in 1521 and occupied by Spain in 1565. They ceded it to the United States in 1898. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States, administered by the Department of the Interior since 1950. The derivation of the name Guam is in dispute. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p471)
Preferred term Guam



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