Concept information
Preferred term
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
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019435
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