Noun: Moluccas mu'lú-kuz
- 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 centre for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands
- Maluku Islands, Spice Islands
Type of: island
Part of: Dutch East Indies [archaic], Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia
Encyclopedia: Moluccas