A group of Indian Ocean Islands, the islands of Great Comoro, Anjouan, Mayotte, and Moheli, lying between northeast Mozambique and northwest Madagascar. The capital is Moroni. In 1914 they became a colony attached to Madagascar administratively and were made a French overseas territory in 1947. Except for Mayotte which remained French, Comoros became an independent republic in 1975. Comoros represents the Arabic qamar, moon, said by some scholars to be linked with the mystical Mountains of the Moon said to be somewhere in equatorial Africa. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p283 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p122)

Annotation

a group of Indian Ocean Islands between Mozambique & Madagascar

skupina ostrovů v Indickém oceánu mezi Mosambikem a Madagaskarem

DUI

D017507 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0026567

Previous indexing

Africa, Eastern (1983-1992)

History note

93; was see AFRICA, EASTERN 1987-92

Online note

93; use AFRICA, EASTERN to search COMOROS 1987-92