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A group of Indian Ocean Islands, the islands of Great Comoro, Anjouan, Mayotte, and Moheli, lying between northeast Mozambique and northwest Madagascar. The capital is Moroni. In 1914 they became a colony attached to Madagascar administratively and were made a French overseas territory in 1947. Except for Mayotte which remained French, Comoros became an independent republic in 1975. Comoros represents the Arabic qamar, moon, said by some scholars to be linked with the mystical Mountains of the Moon said to be somewhere in equatorial Africa. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p283 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p122)
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- Comoro Islands
- Iles Comores
- Anjouan
- Anjouan Island
- Grand Comoro
- Grand Comoro Island
- Grande Comore
- Grande Comore Island
- Mayotte
- Mayotte Island
- Moheli
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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.
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a group of Indian Ocean Islands between Mozambique & Madagascar
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93; was see AFRICA, EASTERN 1987-92
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- Africa, Eastern (1983-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Comoros. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017507. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017507
- Comoros. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros
- Comoros. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970