Geographicals

Bhutan

A kingdom in the eastern Himalayas on the northeast border of India, bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Assam, on the south by Assam and West Bengal, and on the west by Sikkim and Tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under Chinese or Indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the United Nations. The name comes from the Sanskrit bhota, the name for Tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of Tibet. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p144 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p64)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A kingdom in the eastern Himalayas on the northeast border of India, bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Assam, on the south by Assam and West Bengal, and on the west by Sikkim and Tibet. From 1720 to 1970 it was under Chinese or Indian domination. In 1971 it became a member of the United Nations. The name comes from the Sanskrit bhota, the name for Tibet, + anta, end, with reference to its location at the southern extremity of Tibet. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p144 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p64)

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

a kingdom in the eastern Himalayas

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. Z01w.252w.245w.782w.750w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bhutan. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001631. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001631
  2. Bhutan. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan
  3. Bhutan. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917