Amboyna

See also: amboyna

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amboyna f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.

References

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Portuguese Amboina, likely through Dutch Amboina, Amboyna, cognate to Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”).

Proper noun

Amboyna

  1. Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
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