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Vanuatu MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Vanuatu
Tree Number(s)
Z01.639.760.590.736
Unique ID
D009514
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009514
Annotation
an island group in Melanesia; entry term NEW HEBRIDES was its former name
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
New Hebrides
Online Note
use VANUATU to search NEW HEBRIDES 1975-89
History Note
90; was NEW HEBRIDES 1975-89
Date Established
1975/01/01
Date of Entry
1974/11/11
Revision Date
2012/07/03
Vanuatu Preferred
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