ambon

¹ American

[am-bon] / ˈæm bɒn /

noun

plural

ambones

ambo.

Ambon ² American

[ahm-bawn] / ˈɑm bɔn /

Amboina

noun

an island in the central Moluccas, in easterb Indonesia. 314 sq. mi. (813 sq. km).
a seaport on this island.

Ambon British

/ ˈɑːmbɔːn /

noun

Also: Amboina. an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas. Capital: Amboina. Area: 1000 sq km (386 sq miles)
Also: Amboina. a port in the Moluccas, the capital of Ambon (Amboina) island

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The nave had probably an ambon, or reading-desk, and was mainly used by the clergy, the aisles being for the use of the men and women separately.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

There the emperor presented himself at the ambon holding by the hand the monk Constantine, bishop of Sylæum, and cried with a loud voice, “Many years to the ecumenical patriarch Constantine.”

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

These are respectively white, green, yellow, and a colour between green and yellow; but the white water, or varna ambon, is the best.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert

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