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    moluccas

    moluccas - Dictionary definition and meaning for word moluccas

    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
    Synonyms : spice islands
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