Moluccas
[mə'lʌkəz]
Definition
(noun.) a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands.
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Examples
- In 1515 there were Portuguese ships in Java and the Moluccas. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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