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ID: 7004777
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004777
Record Type:
physical
Nevis (island)
Note:
Visited in 1493 by Columbus, who named the island for its cloud-topped peak, which appeared to be snow (las nieves); settled by British in 1628.
Names:
Nevis
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
,
U
,
N
)
............
named in 1493
Nevisian
(
C
,
O
,
English
,
U
,
A
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Saint Kitts and Nevis
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nevis
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
first level subdivision (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Nevis..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 313
Nevisian..........
[
VP
]
.................
CIA, World Fact Book (1999)
accessed 03/30/00
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
CIA, World Fact Book (1999)
accessed 03/30/00
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 313
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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