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Guernsey  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Guernsey Island

Note

  • one of the Channel Islands

Scope note

  • The second largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It covers about 30 square miles and is where the Guernsey breed of cattle originated. The name is Scandinavian, Grani's island (ey means island). (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)

History note

  • 97; GUERNSEY ISLAND was see CHANNEL ISLANDS 1975-96

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019435

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