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- noun 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
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Examples
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In fact, the archipelago of Zanzibar is known as the Spice Islands.
Michael Kaiser: My Trip to Zanzibar Michael Kaiser 2011
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In fact, the archipelago of Zanzibar is known as the Spice Islands.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Kaiser 2011
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For the past year, the simmering battle in Indonesia's Maluku province -- formerly known as the Spice Islands -- has been virtually ignored.
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Ambon is both a city and a province in the Maluku islands, once known as the Spice Islands when the Dutch ruled the East Indies.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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Ambon is both a city and a province in the Maluku islands, once known as the Spice Islands when the Dutch ruled the East Indies.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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Upon the heels of the Portuguese followed the Dutch, aiming like them at the Far East, more {p. 004} especially at what were then comprehensively called the Spice Islands -- the Moluccas.
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Indonesia is overwhelmingly Muslim, but Christians form the majority in parts of Maluku - known as the Spice Islands in colonial times - and other eastern regions.
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Indonesia is overwhelmingly Muslim, but Christians form the majority in parts of Maluku - known as the Spice Islands in colonial times - and other eastern regions.
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A mix of African, Arab, Indian, and Asian history and culture, Zanzibar is still often called the Spice Islands along with the other nearby islands in the archipelago.
JMS 2008
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Modern-day visitors to what were then called the "Spice Islands," now part of Indonesia, are more likely to be divers than spice hunters, but the aquatic treasures awaiting them in the crystal-clear blue seas around the Banda Islands are still worth the journey.
Dive Time 2009
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