Moluccan
adjective
Mo·luc·can
mə-ˈlə-kən 
variants
or Molucca
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the islands of the Moluccas or their people
Moluccan
noun
plural Moluccans
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Moluccas
geographical name
Mo·luc·cas
mə-ˈlə-kəz
variants
or Indonesian Maluku
islands of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago between Sulawesi and New Guinea area 32,307 square miles (83,675 square kilometers), population 2,300,000 see halmahera
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