Amboyna
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Translingual
Proper noun
Amboyna
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Portuguese Amboina, likely through Dutch Amboina, Amboyna, cognate to Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”).
Proper noun
Amboyna
- Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.