Moluccas

n. Maluku Islands

"Maluku" redirects here. For the political entities encompassing the islands, see Maluku (Indonesian province) and North Maluku. The Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Moluccan Islands, the Spice Islands or simply Maluku) are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Malay Archipelago. [1] They are located on the Australian Plate, lying east of Sulawesi (Celebes), west of New Guinea, and north of Timor. The islands were also historically known as the "Spice Islands" by the Chinese and Europeans, but this term has also been applied to other islands.
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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Spice Islands
(hypernym) island
(part-holonym) Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

MOLUCCHE

kb., j. Maluku