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Descriptor en español: | Asia |
Descriptor en inglés: | Asia |
Descriptor en portugués: | Ásia |
Descriptor en francés: | Asie |
Término(s) alternativo(s): |
Southern Asia |
Código(s) jeráquico(s): |
Z01.252 |
Nota de alcance: | The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34) |
Nota de indización: | several geog subdivisions & all Asiatic countries are available as headings |
Calificadores permitidos: |
EH ethnology EP epidemiology |
Identificador de DeCS: | 1215 |
ID del Descriptor: | D001208 |
Fecha de establecimiento: | 01/01/1966 |
Fecha de entrada: | 01/01/1999 |
Fecha de revisión: | 10/06/1996 |
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GEOGRAPHICALS
Geographic Locations [Z01]Geographic Locations
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Asia
- Concepto preferido
Southern Asia
- Más estrecho
UI del concepto |
M0001805 |
Nota de alcance | The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34) |
Término preferido | Asia |
UI del concepto |
M0001806 |
Término preferido | Southern Asia |
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