Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

Geographic Locations > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Comoros
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Comoros
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Indian Ocean Islands > Comoros

Preferred term

Comoros  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A group of Indian Ocean Islands, the islands of Great Comoro, Anjouan, Mayotte, and Moheli, lying between northeast Mozambique and northwest Madagascar. The capital is Moroni. In 1914 they became a colony attached to Madagascar administratively and were made a French overseas territory in 1947. Except for Mayotte which remained French, Comoros became an independent republic in 1975. Comoros represents the Arabic qamar, moon, said by some scholars to be linked with the mystical Mountains of the Moon said to be somewhere in equatorial Africa. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p283 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p122)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Comoro Islands
  • Iles Comores

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Comores

    French

  • Archipel des Comores
  • Iles Comores
  • Îles Comores

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KH0PNG3F-N

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 5/20/92, last modified 7/3/12