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Spice islands

Spice islands Meaning & Definition
Spice islands Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spice islands?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spice islands: Moluccas

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See Also | Dutch East Indies | Indonesia | island | Republic of Indonesia

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