Terms & Properties

Concept Unique Identifier (CUI): C0016080

NCI Thesaurus Code: C16582  (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Semantic Type: Geographic Area

NCIt Definition: A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southwest of Wallis and Fortuna and east of Vanuatu.

CDISC Definition: An island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. (NCI)

MSH Definition: A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital is Suva. It was discovered by Abel Tasman in 1643 and was visited by Captain Cook in 1774. It was used by escaped convicts from Australia as early as 1804. It was annexed by Great Britain in 1874 but achieved independence in 1970. The name Fiji is of uncertain origin. In its present form it may represent that of Viti, the main island in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p396 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p186)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

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Fiji (geographic location)

FIJI / FIDJI

Fiji

FJI

FJ

Republic of Fiji

External Source Codes: 

NCI Thesaurus Code

C16582 (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Other Properties:

Name	Value	Source
ACTIVE	1	SNOMEDCT_US
AN	an island group in Melanesia	MSH
AQL	EH EP	MSH
CASE_SIGNIFICANCE_ID	900000000000017005	SNOMEDCT_US
Contributing_Source	CDISC	NCI
Contributing_Source	FDA	NCI
Contributing_Source	GDC	NCI
CTV3ID	Ua07U	SNOMEDCT_US
DC	4	MSH
DEFINITION_STATUS_ID	900000000000074008	SNOMEDCT_US
DX	19750101	MSH
EFFECTIVE_TIME	20020131	SNOMEDCT_US
HN	75	MSH
HN	ETOH descriptor 2000.	AOD
MDA	19741111	MSH
MMR	20120703	MSH
MN	Z01.639.760.590.373	MSH
SUBSET_MEMBER	900000000000497000~MAPTARGET~Ua07U	SNOMEDCT_US
TERMUI	T016370	MSH
TH	POPLINE (1978)	MSH
TYPE_ID	900000000000003001	SNOMEDCT_US
TYPE_ID	900000000000013009	SNOMEDCT_US

Additional Concept Data:  (none)

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