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ID: 7000549
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000549
Record Type:
physical
Guam Island (island)
Note:
Largest & southernmost of the Mariana Islands; together with tiny Cocos & Cabras Island, forms the US dependency of Guam; was called "Ladrones" ("thieves") by Spanish who accused the native people of stealing from them.
Names:
Guam Island
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Ladrones
(
H
,
O
)
............
used by Spanish to refer to this island & also to entire Marianas group
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Oceania
(continent) (
P
)
........
Guam
(dependent state) (
P
)
............
Guam Island
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Guam Island..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
77
Ladrones..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 530
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 530
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
77
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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