SPICE ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spice Islands mean? 

• SPICE ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun SPICE ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands

  Familiarity information: SPICE ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPICE ISLANDS (noun)

Meaning:

A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Moluccas; Spice Islands

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Spice Islands" is a part of...):

Dutch East Indies; Indonesia; Republic of Indonesia (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)