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
पूर्वी इंडोनेशिया में सेलेब्स और न्यू गिनी के बीच द्वीप समूह का एक समूह पोर्तुगीज द्वारा बस गया