Amboina
- a variation of Ambon.
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But now there was insurrection in Celebes, and even reports of trouble in Amboina, where Indonesia's most loyal native troops are recruited.
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The Japanese secured their bases in lower Borneo, in Sumatra on Java's western flank, in the Guineas, in Amboina and elsewhere in the east.
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Now there is talk of a Russian-built naval base on Amboina Island, north of Bali, and Khrushchev promised a stadium seating 100,000 in Djakarta for the 1962 Asian Games.
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So fell Amboina, the Indies' second naval base, a key to Java.
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Thereupon Gallinato and his men return to the Philippines via Tidore, while Furtado intends going to Amboina and perhaps to Malaca.