Moluccas (n)
Spice Islands (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 15
def a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea
def 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
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Instance Hypernym island
Part holonym Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Part meronym Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
Instance Hyponym island

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