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Descriptor English:
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West Indies
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Indias Occidentales
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Índias Ocidentais
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Synonyms English:
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Caribbean Islands
Cayman Islands
Montserrat
Turks and Caicos Islands
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Tree Number:
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Z01.107.084.900
Z01.639.880
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Definition English:
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Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas: see MeSH definition
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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15302
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Unique Identifier:
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D014900
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