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Amboynese

Amboynese noun: natives or residents of Amboyna (Ambon Island).

Noun

Amboynese (uncountable)

  1. Natives or residents of Amboyna (Ambon Island).
    • Having made arrangements to stay for three weeks at a small hut on a newly cleared plantation in the interior of the northern half of the island, I with some difficulty obtained a boat and men to take me across the water--for the Amboynese are dreadfully lazy.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 462

Adjective

Amboynese (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Amboyna.
    • The Amboynese species, of which a very accurate representation is here given, is one of the largest and handsomest.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 469

Origin of Amboynese

From Amboyna + -ese.

Questions about Amboynese

What does Amboynese mean?
Amboynese means natives or residents of Amboyna (Ambon Island).
What part of speech is Amboynese?
Amboynese can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Amboynese in the dictionary

  1. ambotik
  2. Ambots
  3. Amboy
  4. amboyna
  5. amboynas
  6. Amboynese
  7. AMBR
  8. Ambracia
  9. Ambracian
  10. Ambracians
  11. Ambraciot

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