Moluccas

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Moluccas
       n : 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 [syn: {Spice
           Islands}]