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Descriptor en español:

Trinidad y Tobago

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Descriptor	Trinidad y Tobago
Término(s) alternativo(s)	Tobago
Nota de alcance:	Estado independiente en las Antillas Menores de las Indias Occidentales, situado al norte de Venezuela, que comprende las islas de Trinidad y Tobago. Su capital es Puerto España. Ambas islas fueron descubiertas por Colón en 1498. A lo largo de cuatro siglos su historia está vinculada a los españoles, los ingleses, los holandeses y los franceses. Trinidad y Tobago se unieron en 1898 y pasaron a formar parte de la colonia británica de Trinidad y Tobago en 1899. La colonia obtuvo su independencia en 1962. El nombre de Trinidad se lo impuso Colon bien porque arribara a estas islas un domingo de la Santísima Trinidad, bien porque la vista de tres picos de montaña le sugirieran la Santísima Trinidad. El nombre de Tobago también se lo impuso Colón y deriva del haitiano tambaku, en recuerdo del hábito de los nativos de fumar hojas de tabaco en pipas. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1228, 1216 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p555, 547)

Descriptor en inglés:

Trinidad and Tobago

Descriptor en portugués:

Trinidad e Tobago

Descriptor en francés:

Trinité-et-Tobago

Término(s) alternativo(s):

Tobago
Trinidad

Código(s) jeráquico(s):

Z01.107.084.900.900
Z01.639.880.900

Identificador Único RDF:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014300

Nota de alcance:

An independent state in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, north of Venezuela, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Its capital is Port of Spain. Both islands were discovered by Columbus in 1498. The Spanish, English, Dutch, and French figure in their history over four centuries. Trinidad and Tobago united in 1898 and were made part of the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago in 1899. The colony became an independent state in 1962. Trinidad was so named by Columbus either because he arrived on Trinity Sunday or because three mountain peaks suggested the Holy Trinity. Tobago was given the name by Columbus from the Haitian tambaku, pipe, from the natives' habit of smoking tobacco leaves. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1228, 1216 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p555, 547)

UI del concepto	M0021998
Nota de alcance	An independent state in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, north of Venezuela, comprising the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Its capital is Port of Spain. Both islands were discovered by Columbus in 1498. The Spanish, English, Dutch, and French figure in their history over four centuries. Trinidad and Tobago united in 1898 and were made part of the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago in 1899. The colony became an independent state in 1962. Trinidad was so named by Columbus either because he arrived on Trinity Sunday or because three mountain peaks suggested the Holy Trinity. Tobago was given the name by Columbus from the Haitian tambaku, pipe, from the natives' habit of smoking tobacco leaves. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1228, 1216 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p555, 547)
Término preferido	Trinidad and Tobago

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