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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of eastern Indonesia in the Moluccas near Ceram. Settled by the Portuguese in the 16th century, it was also the site of an English settlement that was destroyed by the Dutch in 1623.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
ambo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
ambo .
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Examples
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Husband and wife Buck and Fitrie Randolph, with dive guide Toby Fadirsyair, found and photographed an individual Jan. 28 in Ambon harbor.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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'574 PIOAFSTTA'8 TOTAOE round the WORi. lK Ten leagues eaftward of Buru there is a ftill larger ifland, which is little diftant froni Giailoloy and is called Ambon * • It is inhabited by Moors and Gentiles; the former dwell near the fea, the other in the interior.
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Ambos were still built in Western churches down to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries (see "Ambon" in Cabrol's "Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne").
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Indonesia sent security forces to the eastern region of Ambon after Muslims and Christians clashed, leaving five people dead and more than 150 injured.
What's News— 2011
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Reuters Residents lined up to buy petrol after riots in Ambon, Indonesia, Monday.
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Indonesia's second-largest supermarket chain, PT Matahari Putra Prima, plans to quintuple its number of stores, setting up on the eastern islands of Ambon and Irian Jaya.
Chasing the Commodities Boom Eric Bellman 2011
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The case involves an incident in 2007 when President Yudhoyono was visiting the regional capital Ambon.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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We only explain what they should know about jihad, said Syamsuddin, who is serving a life sentence for his role in a gun attack on a karaoke club in Ambon that killed two Christians in 2005.
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The case involves an incident in 2007 when President Yudhoyono was visiting the regional capital Ambon.
Indonesian President Cancels Netherlands Trip Due to Human Rights Case 2010
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Matahari plans to open stores in places as far away as Ambon and Irian Jaya at the eastern end of its archipelago.
Indonesia's Matahari Rides Growth Boom Eric Bellman 2011
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