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Descriptor English: Vanuatu
Descriptor Spanish: Vanuatu
Descriptor Vanuatu
Entry term(s) Nuevas Hébridas
Scope note: República que consta de un grupo de islas de la Melanesia en la parte suroeste del Océano Pacífico. La capital es Port-Vila. Fue llamada Nuevas Hébridas hasta 1980. Fue descubierta en 1606 por los portugueses, olvidada durante 160 años y luego visitada por Bougainville en 1768 y por el Capitán Cook en 1774. Estuvo bajo la administración conjunta de británicos y franceses desde 1906 hasta que logró la independencia en 1980 bajo el nombre de Vanuatu. El nombre es nativo, cuyo significado es nuestra tierra. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p833 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p570)
Descriptor Portuguese: Vanuatu
Descriptor French: Vanuatu
Entry term(s): New Hebrides
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.590.736
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009514
Scope note: A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Port-Vila. It was called New Hebrides until 1980. It was discovered in 1606 by the Portuguese, forgotten for 160 years, then visited by Bougainville in 1768 and Captain Cook in 1774. It was under joint British and French administration from 1906 until it became independent in 1980 under the name of Vanuatu. The name is native, meaning our land. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p833 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p570)
Annotation: an island group in Melanesia; entry term NEW HEBRIDES was its former name
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Online Note: use VANUATU to search NEW HEBRIDES 1975-89
History Note: 90; was NEW HEBRIDES 1975-89
DeCS ID: 9701
Unique ID: D009514
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Vanuatu - Preferred
Concept UI M0014794
Scope note A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Port-Vila. It was called New Hebrides until 1980. It was discovered in 1606 by the Portuguese, forgotten for 160 years, then visited by Bougainville in 1768 and Captain Cook in 1774. It was under joint British and French administration from 1906 until it became independent in 1980 under the name of Vanuatu. The name is native, meaning our land. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p833 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p570)
Preferred term Vanuatu
Entry term(s) New Hebrides



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