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moluccas

/məˈlʌkəz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
moluc-cas
IPA
/məˈlʌkəz/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago of Indonesia.

Etymology

From Maluku, thought to have been derived from the term used by Arab traders for the region, Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”), from the word مَلِك (malik). However, since the name itself has been mentioned in a 14th-century Majapahit eulogy, Nagarakretagama, that predates the arrival of Islam in Maluku at the late fifteenth century, other sources claim that the name comes from a local language with the meaning "the head of a bull" or "the head of something large".

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Maluku Malukus Maluku Islands Moluccan Islands Spice Islands

Questions

How do you pronounce moluccas?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈlʌkəz/.
What does moluccas mean?
An archipelago of Indonesia.
Where does moluccas come from?
From Maluku, thought to have been derived from the term used by Arab traders for the region, Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”), from the word مَلِك (malik). However, since the name itself has been mentioned in a 14th-century Majapahit eulogy, Nagarakretagama, that predates the arrival of Islam in Maluku at the late fifteenth century, other sources claim that the name comes from a local language with the meaning "the head of a bull" or "the head of something large".

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