Amboyna
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus. countable, uncountable
- 2 tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain wordnet
- 3 The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making. countable, uncountable
- 4 mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Ambon Island, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
Etymology
Ultimately from Portuguese Amboina, likely through Dutch Amboina, Amboyna, cognate to Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”).