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Synonyms for spice-islands
Noun
- 1. Moluccas, Spice Islands, island
- usage: 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
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