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Moluccas

Meaning of "Moluccas" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MOLUCCAS

məʊˈlʌkəz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOLUCCAS

noun
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preposition
conjunction
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Moluccas is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MOLUCCAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maluku Islands

The Maluku Islands or the Moluccas /məˈlʌkəz/ are an archipelago within Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north and east 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 outside Indonesia. Most of the islands are mountainous, some with active volcanoes, and enjoy a wet climate. The vegetation of the small and narrow islands, encompassed by the sea, is very luxuriant; including rainforests, sago, rice, and the famous spices—nutmeg, mace and cloves, among others. Though originally Melanesian, many island populations, especially in the Banda Islands, were killed off in the 17th century during the Spice Wars. A second influx of Austronesian immigrants began in the early twentieth century under the Dutch and continues in the Indonesian era. The Maluku Islands formed a single province since Indonesian independence until 1999, when it was split into two provinces.

Definition of Moluccas in the English dictionary

The definition of Moluccas in the dictionary is a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 1 990 598. Area: about 74 505 sq km Indonesian name: Maluku Former name: Spice Islands.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOLUCCAS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOLUCCAS

Molokai · Molopo · Molossian · Molossian dog · Molossian hound · molossus · Molotov · Molotov cocktail · molt · molten · moltenly · molter · Moltke · molto · Molucca Islands · Moluccan

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOLUCCAS

as · as far as · as good as · as long as · as soon as · as well as · Bahamas · canvas · Caracas · Christmas · cycas · Dallas · Dias · Dorcas · extras · fracas · Leucas · Lucas · South Moluccas · Zacatecas

Synonyms and antonyms of Moluccas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Moluccas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOLUCCAS

Find out the translation of Moluccas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Moluccas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Moluccas» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

摩鹿加群岛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Molucas
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Moluccas
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Moluccas
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملوك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Молуккские острова
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Molucas
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

Moluccan
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Moluques
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Moluccan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Molukken
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

モルッカ諸島
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

몰 루카
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Moluccan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Moluccas
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Moluccan
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मोलुकान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Moluccan
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Molucche
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Moluccas
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Молуккські острови
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Moluccas
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μολούκες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Molukke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Moluckerna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Molukkene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Moluccas

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOLUCCAS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Moluccas
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Moluccas

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOLUCCAS»

Discover the use of Moluccas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Moluccas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Between East and West: The Moluccas and the Traffic in ...
Donkin traces the expanding interest & long-distance trade in cloves, nutmeg, & sandalwood, first to India & then to the adjacent Arabo-Persian world.
R. A. Donkin, 2003
2
A Presença Portuguesa nas Ilhas das Moluccas 1511 - 1605
Eine kurzer geschichtlicher Überblick über die Zeit der portugiesischen Herrschaft auf den Molukken (1511 - 1640) in englischer Sprache.
Elke Timme, 2005
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Forgotten Islands of Indonesia: The Art & Culture of the ...
Forgotten Islands of Indonesia presents a unique survey of the finest examples of Southeast Moluccan art. This volume contains many photographs and descriptions which have never before been published.
Nico DeJonge, Joss van Dijk, 2012
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The Philippine Islands, Moluccas, Siam, Cambodia, Japan, and ...
Antonio De Morga. might be very prejudicial to them, although, they had agreed that the rising should be on St. Andrew's clay, the last day of November, determined to anticipate it, and to lose no more time, and on Friday, the 3rd of October, ...
Antonio De Morga, 2009
5
A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan: ...
Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Rich in titles on English ...
Thomas Forrest, 2010
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A History of Christianity in Indonesia
CHAPTER THREE CATHOLIC CONVERTS IN THE MOLUCCAS, MINAHASA AND SANGIHE-TALAUD, 1512–1680 A world of its own: the Moluccas We do not know much about the early history of the Moluccas. There are no written records,  ...
Jan Sihar Aritonang, Karel Adriaan Steenbrink, 2008
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Being "Dutch" in the Indies: A History of Creolisation and ...
As late as 1885 there were no more than 82 Europeans born outside the Indies living on the island of Ambon.3 Elsewhere in the Moluccas, for instance on the island of Ternate, their number actually decreased in the 19th century.
Ulbe Bosma, Remco Raben, 2008
8
New Starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Walter Kenrick Fisher, 2010
9
The Indonesia Reader: History, Culture, Politics
The. South. Moluccan. Case. Department. of. Public. Information. of. the. Republic . of. South. Moluccas. The Republic of the United States of Indonesia faced a variety of problems with its federal states, and in the end it lasted only until August ...
Tineke Hellwig, Eric Tagliacozzo, 2009
10
The Revolt of Prince Nuku: Cross-Cultural Alliance-making in ...
1806; ANRI 89.2, Report of Patani and Weda heads, n.d.1807; Secret Advice to Batavia, May 1807, §78, 84, n.f.; See also Miller, 'The Moluccas under the British', 206. 95ANRI Ternate 103, Copied articles, from Gezaghebber of Ternate, ...
Muridan Satrio Widjojo, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOLUCCAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Moluccas is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eruptions of ash at 5 volcanoes shroud skies in Indonesia
Ash erupted also from Gamalama and Dukono mountains on the Moluccas islands chain, Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount Karangetang on Siau ... «NewsWest9.com, Jul 15»
2
Volcano ash closes Bali airport again
Meanwhile, in the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia, 755 residents were evacuated in Ternate Pulau District, as Mount Gamalama ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
3
Eruptions at 5 volcanoes darken skies with ash over large swath of …
Ash erupted also from Gamalama and Dukono mountains on the Moluccas islands chain, Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount ... «Winnipeg Sun, Jul 15»
4
Eruptions at 5 volcanoes shroud skies in Indonesia
Eruptions of Gamalama and Dukono mountains on the Moluccas islands chain and the Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island have darkened ... «WKYC-TV, Jul 15»
5
World Bank Drastically Cuts Indonesia's 2015 Economic Growth …
... the number of workers engaged in the commodity sector on Kalimantan and the Moluccas declined very sharply in the post-commodity boom ... «Indonesia Investments, Jul 15»
6
Spice is nice
... it is indigenous to the Banda Islands of the Moluccas (referred to as the Spice Islands) of Indonesia. Nutmeg is also cultivated in Malaysia, ... «Trinidad News, Jul 15»
7
Prince Andrew officially declares 2015 Pacific Games open
... pots in exchange for sago, a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas, an archipelago within Indonesia. «Insidethegames.biz, Jul 15»
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Malaysia: Orang-utans and the trail that led Wallace to natural …
We flew over this invisible boundary (now understood to be the border between two tectonic plates) to Sulawesi, and thence to the Moluccas, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
9
The wreckages of history
... Beach were the remains of the San Lesmes, a Spanish caravel lost during a journey from the Strait of Magellan to the Moluccas in 1526. «Otago Daily Times, Jun 15»
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This plant's excruciating sting can drive humans mad, or even kill …
This green, leafy bush with heart-shaped foliage, found commonly in rainforested areas in north-eastern Australia, the Moluccas and Indonesia, ... «Treehugger, May 15»
REFERENCE
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