DeCS

Descriptor English:

Manitoba

Descriptor Spanish:

Manitoba

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Manitoba
Scope note:	Provincia de Canadá situada entre las provincias de Saskatchewan y Ontario. Su capital es Winnipeg. Toma su nombre del lago Manitoba, así denominado por una de sus islas, cuyo nombre deriva de Algonquian Manitou, gran espíritu. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p724 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p332)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Manitoba

Descriptor French:

Manitoba

Tree number(s):

Z01.107.567.176.410

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008350

Scope note:

A province of Canada, lying between the provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario. Its capital is Winnipeg. Taking its name from Lake Manitoba, itself named for one of its islands, the name derived from Algonquian Manitou, great spirit. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p724 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p332)

Annotation:

a province of Canada

Allowable Qualifiers:

EH ethnologie
EP épidémiologie

DeCS ID:

8522

Unique ID:

D008350

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Date Established:

1966/01/01