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Maluku en · PROPN

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".

Meanings

1. A province of Indonesia. Capital: Ambon.
   • Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku. 2024 March 8, Antara, “11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry”, in Jakarta Globe:
2. Synonym of Moluccas.

Forms

Deriveds

Malukan

Synonyms

Moluccas

Translations (3)

mr मालुकू (province of Indonesia) · cmn 馬魯古 /马鲁古 (province of Indonesia) · id Maluku (province of Indonesia)