amboyna

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus
noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Their infamous massacres at Amboyna, Banda, Bantam, &c., have been historically recorded to their eternal disgrace. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel
I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Jonathan Swift
He put to sea and happened to touch at Amboyna, one of the Dutch spice islands, where he was told that the news of his actions had reached England, and that he was there declared a pirate. — Great Pirate Stories, Unknown

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