Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Moluccas"
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Moluccas
n : 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 [syn: {Moluccas},
{Spice Islands}]
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