MOLUCCAS

Moluccas, Spice Islands

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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ABOUND

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