Gilolo
Americannoun
noun
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In the latter he is content with factories and barter, without keeping any fortified posts; in the former, he maintains the forts of Malayo, Toloco, Tacubo, Malaca, Tacome, Marieco, Motir, Nofagia, Tafacen, Tabelole, Bermevelt, Tabori, Gilolo, Amboino, Lagu, Maruco, Mozovia, Belgio, Bantan, and Hermosa Island.
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Driven from Mindanao by lack of food and hostility of the natives, Villalobos was blown southward by storms to Gilolo.
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The ruler, or raja of Tidor was Almanzar, of Ternate Corala; the “king” of Gilolo was Yusef.
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Similarly, in the Malay Archipelago, the natives of Gilolo change the colours of another parrot.
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Gilolo—Mixed Papuans; Indonesians in the north.
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