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Ceram

[ see-ram; Portuguese se-rahn; Dutch sey-rahm ]

noun

  1. an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7,191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).


Ceram

/ sɪˈræm /

noun

  1. See Seram
    a variant spelling of Seram


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After passing the island of Ceram about eight at night, a large vessel was seen on the weather side.

Barros, however, in his account of the voyage, makes no mention of Ceram.

Amboyna is an island to the south of Ceram, over the whole of which the Dutch maintain their sway.

The Goram language is spoken also at the east end of Ceram, and in the adjacent islands.

On their way here they have devastated one of the small islands east of Ceram.

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