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Descriptor English: Madagascar
Descriptor Spanish: Madagascar
Descriptor Madagascar
Entry term(s) República de Malagasia
Scope note: Una de las Islas del Océano Índico situada al este de la costa suroriental de África. La capital es Antananarivo. Antiguamente recibió la denominación de República de Malagasia. Fue descubierta por los portugueses en 1500 y su historia se ha relacionado principalmente con los franceses; en 1882 se convirtió en protectorado francés y en 1896 en colonia francesa y territorio dentro de la unión francesa en 1946. La república de Malagasia quedó establecida en la Comunidad Francesa en 1958 pero consiguió su independencia en 1960. El nombre fue cambiado a Madagascar en 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)
Descriptor Portuguese: Madagáscar
Descriptor French: Madagascar
Entry term(s): Malagasy Republic
Tree number(s): Z01.058.290.120.540
Z01.639.520.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008270
Scope note: One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)
Annotation: the largest of the Indian Ocean Islands; entry term MALAGASY REPUBLIC was its former name
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Online Note: use MADAGASCAR to search MALAGASY REPUBLIC 1966-79
History Note: 80; was MALAGASY REPUBLIC 1964-79
DeCS ID: 8442
Unique ID: D008270
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Madagascar - Preferred
Concept UI M0012878
Scope note One of the Indian Ocean Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Its capital is Antananarivo. It was formerly called the Malagasy Republic. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1500, its history has been tied predominantly to the French, becoming a French protectorate in 1882, a French colony in 1896, and a territory within the French union in 1946. The Malagasy Republic was established in the French Community in 1958 but it achieved independence in 1960. Its name was changed to Madagascar in 1975. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p714)
Preferred term Madagascar
Entry term(s) Malagasy Republic



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