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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
synonym
Maluku Islands
Moluccas
holo part
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia
instance hypernym
island
Spice Islands vs Maluku Islands
Spice Islands vs Moluccas
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