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Geographic Locations > Islands > Pacific Islands > Melanesia > Vanuatu
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Melanesia > Vanuatu
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Melanesia > Vanuatu
... > Geographic Locations > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific Islands > Melanesia > Vanuatu

Terme préférentiel

Vanuatu  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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)

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • New Hebrides

Qualificatif(s) autorisé(s)

Traductions

  • Vanuatu

    français

  • Nouvelles-Hébrides

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BFVG5F7V-N

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 11/11/1974, dernière modification le 03/07/2012