Molucca

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Maluku.

Proper noun

Molucca (plural Moluccas)

1. (especially in the plural) The Molucca Islands, a group of islands in southeast Asia which are now part of Indonesia.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, volume 10:

     And now on earth it selfe enlarged has / From th'utmost brinke of the Armericke shore / Unto the margent of the Molucas?

Derived terms

• Molucca bean
• Molucca berry
• Molucca crab
• Molucca palm

See also

• (not to be confused with) Malacca