Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maluku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: maluku
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Indonesia. Capital: Ambon.

name

Synonym of Moluccas.

Example Sentences

"Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku."

Etymology

The islands are said to have been named Arabic جَزِيرَات المَلِك (jazīrāt al-malik, literally “king islands”) by Arab merchants. 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".

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جَزِيرَات المَلِك, م ل ك

Inflected Forms

Molucca (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

Malukan

Synonyms

Moluccas

Questions

What does maluku mean?: A province of Indonesia. Capital: Ambon.
Where does maluku come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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