"Bahamas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A chain of islands, cays, and reefs in the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. It is an independent state, called also the Commonwealth of the Bahamas or the Bahama Islands. The name likely represents the local name Guanahani, itself of uncertain origin. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p106 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p45)
| Descriptor ID |
D001444
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.107.084.900.100 Z01.639.880.100
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