Maluku

English

Alternative forms

• Molucca (dated)

Etymology

The islands are said to have been named Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”) by Arab merchants. However, since the name itself has been mentioned in a 14th-century Majapahit eulogy, Nagarakretagama, that predates the arrival of Islam in Maluku at the late fifteenth century, other sources claim that the name comes from a local language with the meaning "the head of a bull" or "the head of something large".

Proper noun

Maluku

1. A province of Indonesia. Capital: Ambon.
2. Synonym of Moluccas

Translations

province of Indonesia

• Indonesian: Maluku (id)
• Marathi: मालुकू (mālukū)

See also

• (provinces of Indonesia) provinces of Indonesia; Aceh, Bali, Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, Bengkulu, Central Java, Central Kalimantan, Central Papua, Central Sulawesi, East Java, East Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, Gorontalo, Highland Papua,Jakarta, Jambi, Lampung, Maluku, North Kalimantan, North Maluku, North Sulawesi, North Sumatra , Papua, Riau, Riau Islands, Southeast Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, South Papua, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, Special Region of Yogyakarta, West Java, West Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, West Sulawesi, West Sumatra ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Indonesia)}

Anagrams

• mukula