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- proper noun A
province of modernIndonesia , broadly the southern part of Pulau (island) Maluku. - proper noun a generic term for the entire Maluku island
- proper noun Province formerly known under
VOC &Dutch colonialism as Moluccas, Molucca Islands or Moluccan Islands.
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Examples
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The gesture of resettlement assistance is similar to what is provided to transmigrants in other parts of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) such as Maluku, Sulawesi, Papua and Kalimantan.
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A group called the South Maluku Republic filed the human-rights case against the president.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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At an event where the president was speaking, a demonstrator unfurled a flag representing Maluku independence, which is against the law in Indonesia.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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The vice president of the South Maluku Republic group, Willem Sopacua, said it intends to keep the pressure on Mr. Yudhoyono to address the human-rights situation in the region.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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The South Maluku Republic said the president is ultimately responsible for human-rights abuses.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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To the current Indonesian authorities it was a speck on the map of Maluku propinsi, included for the sake of completeness along with a thousand other uninhabited rocks.
Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Newcrest said its record first-half results were a result of gold production rising 70% over the previous half-year thanks to the acquisition of Lihir's mines and increased production from its mines at Cadia Valley in Australia's New South Wales state, Gosowong on Indonesia's eastern Maluku island, and Hidden Valley in Papua New Guinea.
Newcrest Earnings Surge as CEO Steps Down David Fickling 2011
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The vice president of the South Maluku Republic group, Willem Sopacua, said it intends to keep the pressure on Mr. Yudhoyono to address the human-rights situation in the region.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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To the current Indonesian authorities it was a speck on the map of Maluku propinsi, included for the sake of completeness along with a thousand other uninhabited rocks.
Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Teranesia 1 - Greg Egan Blue Tyson 2010
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At an event where the president was speaking, a demonstrator unfurled a flag representing Maluku independence, which is against the law in Indonesia.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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