Preferred Name |
Polynesia |
Synonyms |
Cook Islands |
Definitions |
The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426) |
ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011114 |
altLabel |
Cook Islands Tokelau Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna Islands Wake Island Niue Tahiti French Polynesia Easter Island |
AN |
a group of islands in the central Pacific |
AQL |
EH EP |
cui |
C0013468 C0032540 C0220928 C0043021 C0016704 C0043011 C0040366 C0028219 C0039257 C0009956 |
DC |
4 |
definition |
The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426) |
DX |
19680101 |
HN |
68; EASTER ISLAND was see CHILE 1975-77 |
Inverse of AQ | |
Inverse of SIB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009520 |
MDA |
19990101 |
MMR |
20120703 |
MN |
Z01.639.760.815 |
notation |
D011114 |
OL |
use CHILE to search EASTER ISLAND 1975-77 |
prefLabel |
Polynesia |
TERMUI |
T032708 T032704 T032702 T032709 T032711 T032706 T032703 T032710 T032705 T032707 |
TH |
NLM (1979) UNK (19XX) POPLINE (1978) POPLINE (1983) |
tui |
T083 |
subClassOf |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/LNC/LA3582-9 | Logical Observation Identifier Names and Codes | CUI |