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Amboyna

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Proper noun

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Amboyna

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.

English

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Portuguese Amboina, likely through Dutch Amboina, Amboyna, cognate to Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”).

Proper noun

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Amboyna

  1. Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
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