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Descriptor English: Micronesia
Descriptor Spanish: Micronesia
Descriptor Micronesia
Entry term(s) Estados Federados de Micronesia
Islas Carolinas
Islas Ellice
Islas Gilbert
Islas Marianas
Islas Marshall
Kiribati
Nauru
Tuvalu
islas Marianas del Norte
Scope note: Nombre colectivo dado a las islas del Océano Pacífico al este de las Filipinas, que incluyen las Islas Marianas, PALAU, Carolina, Marshall y Kiribati. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)
Descriptor Portuguese: Micronésia
Descriptor French: Micronésie
Entry term(s): Caroline Islands
Ellice Islands
Gilbert Islands
Johnston Island
Kiribati
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
Tuvalu
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.680
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008849
Scope note: The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)
Annotation: a group of islands east of the Philippines; includes MARIANA ISLANDS; GUAM is available; PALAU is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 9037
Unique ID: D008849
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Micronesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0013798
Scope note The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)
Preferred term Micronesia
Johnston Island - Narrower
Concept UI M0013795
Preferred term Johnston Island
Kiribati - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0013794
Scope note The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
Preferred term Kiribati
Entry term(s) Gilbert Islands
Mariana Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013796
Preferred term Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013797
Preferred term Marshall Islands
Nauru - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0013799
Preferred term Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013804
Preferred term Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) - Narrower
Concept UI M0013800
Preferred term Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
Tuvalu - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0013801
Preferred term Tuvalu
Entry term(s) Ellice Islands
Caroline Islands - Narrower
Concept UI M0013802
Preferred term Caroline Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of - Narrower
Concept UI M0013803
Preferred term Micronesia, Federated States of



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