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Meanings of amboyna in English

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Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.

Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.

Synonyms
Examples for "padauk"
Examples for "padauk"
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The camera comes with a special wooden casing fashioned from Amboyna Burl, the deformed wood of the Southeast Asian Padauk tree.
Wired
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The same author describes also the asana ( Pterocarpus indicus-Willd.
History of the Philippine Islands
Usage of amboyna in English
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A day's sail took us off Amboyna, the capital of the Moluccas.
In the Eastern Seas
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He had brought with him, from Amboyna, his old companion, John Deyro.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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On leaving Amboyna, we accordingly shaped our course in that direction.
Mark Seaworth
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He demanded compensation from the Dutch for the half-forgotten outrage of Amboyna in 1623.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
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We came to an anchor off the town of Amboyna.
In the Eastern Seas
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Johore, Achem, Paham, Patane, Amboyna, and Bantam, were the most probable points of attack.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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The Portuguese were the first European nation to visit Amboyna (1511).
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Of this the Amboyna government gave a notable proof.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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On your arrival at Amboyna your first business must be to wait on Mr. Martin.
The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary
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Then there are the "Orang Sirani," as at Ternate and Amboyna.
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
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But there was always some fighting in the Far South East; and Amboyna was never forgotten.
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
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Massacre of the English at Amboyna, in 1623.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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Two or three native Christian schoolmasters have been sent over from Amboyna to teach the inhabitants.
In the Eastern Seas
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The four ships continued at Amboyna but twenty days, after which they set sail towards Malacca.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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All the voyage I was a lucky man, till we came to a place called Amboyna.
Pâkia / 1901
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Borneo supplied camphor, Amboyna nutmegs and mace, and two small islands, Temote and Tidor, offered cloves.
The Age of the Reformation