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Dominica

An island republic of the West Indies. Its capital is Roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by Columbus and held at different times by the French and the British in the 18th century. A member of the West Indies Federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by Columbus who discovered it on Sunday, Domingo in Spanish, from the Latin Dominica dies, the Lord's Day. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)

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An island republic of the West Indies. Its capital is Roseau. It was discovered in 1493 by Columbus and held at different times by the French and the British in the 18th century. A member of the West Indies Federation, it achieved internal self-government in 1967 but became independent in 1978. It was named by Columbus who discovered it on Sunday, Domingo in Spanish, from the Latin Dominica dies, the Lord's Day. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p338 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p151)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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an island in the West Indies; do not confuse with DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, also in the West Indies

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  • West Indies (1968-1996)

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  1. Z01w.107w.084w.900w.262w
  2. Z01w.639w.880w.262w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dominica. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019424. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019424
  2. Dominica. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica
  3. Dominica. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784