Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Dutch East Indies | Yes | No | No | No |
Moluccas | Yes | No | No | No |
Dutch East Indies (noun) | Moluccas (noun) |
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a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions | a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands |