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English noun: Spice Islands

1. Spice Islands (location) 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


SynonymsMoluccas


Instance hypernymisland


Part meronymDutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia









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