Moluccas en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /məˈlʌkəz/
Etymology
From Maluku, thought to have been derived from the term used by Arab traders for the region, Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”), from the word مَلِك (malik). 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
- An archipelago of Indonesia.
Synonyms
Maluku islands · Spice Islands · Moluccan Islands · Maluku Islands · Malukus · Maluku
Translations (14)
es Islas Molucas (archipelago) · hy Մոլուքյան կղզիներ (archipelago) · ga na Molacaí (archipelago) · fr Moluques (archipelago) · pt Molucas (archipelago) · ru Молу́ккские острова́ (archipelago) · cmn 摩鹿加群島 /摩鹿加群岛 (archipelago) · de Molukken (archipelago) · el Μολούκες (archipelago) · it Molucche (archipelago) · cs Moluky (archipelago) · gur Malukudõma (archipelago) · es Molucas (archipelago) · nl Molukken (archipelago)