ambon
noun
ambo.
Amboina
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a variation of
Ambon.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japanese aircraft appeared again & again with bombs for Amboina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Near Amboina is the world-famous Iron Knob, containing 100,000,000 tons of aboveground ore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dutch sadly announced that demolition squads, long trained for just such preventive waste, had wrecked every useful thing in Amboina.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Amboina the natives eat the seeds, the toxic quality of which is removed by brushing and macerating in pure water for a certain time.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
