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  ambon

  noun

  ambo.
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  Ambon

  noun

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

ambon

¹ American  

[am-bon] / ˈæm bɒn /

noun

ambones plural

1. ambo.

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Ambon ² American  

[ahm-bawn] / ˈɑm bɔn /

Amboina

noun

1. an island in the central Moluccas, in easterb Indonesia. 314 sq. mi. (813 sq. km).

2. a seaport on this island.

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Ambon British  

/ ˈɑːmbɔːn /

noun

1. Also: Amboina.  an island in Indonesia, in the Moluccas. Capital: Amboina. Area: 1000 sq km (386 sq miles)

2. Also: Amboina.  a port in the Moluccas, the capital of Ambon (Amboina) island

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noun

• ambones
  plural

Example Sentences

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

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.

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)