Molucca

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proper noun

The Molucca Islands, a group of islands in Southeast Asia which are now part of Indonesia.

OriginIndonesian Maluku →
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Meanings

proper nounMolucca (plural Moluccas)

plural Moluccas

  1. especiallyin pluralThe Molucca Islands, a group of islands in Southeast Asia which are now part of Indonesia.

    And now on earth it selfe enlarged has / From th'utmost brinke of the Armericke shore / Unto the margent of the Molucas?

    1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, volume 10

Origin

  1. IndonesianMaluku
  2. EnglishMolucca

From Indonesian Maluku.

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APA

Molucca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molucca

MLA

“Molucca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molucca. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Molucca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Molucca.

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