Maluku
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Molucca (dated)
Etymology
[edit]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".
Proper noun
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Maluku
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]- Aceh
- Bali
- Bangka Belitung Islands
- Banten
- Bengkulu
- Central Java
- Central Kalimantan
- Central Papua
- Central Sulawesi
- East Java
- East Kalimantan
- East Nusa Tenggara
- Gorontalo
- Highland Papua
- Jakarta
- Jambi
- Lampung
- Maluku
- North Kalimantan
- North Maluku
- North Sulawesi
- North Sumatra
- Papua
- Riau
- Riau Islands
- Southeast Sulawesi
- South Kalimantan
- South Papua
- South Sulawesi
- South Sumatra
- Special Region of Yogyakarta
- West Java
- West Kalimantan
- West Nusa Tenggara
- West Papua
- West Sulawesi
- West Sumatra