Words similar to moluccas

Example sentences for: moluccas

How can you use “moluccas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Unable or unwilling to court the old vassal Malay States or the orang laut pirates to patrol the seas, the new rulers forfeited their predecessors’ commercial monopoly in the Melaka Straits and, with it, command of the Moluccas spice trade.
With the Dutch concentrating once more on Java and the Moluccas in the 18th century, the Bugis took advantage of the vacuum by raiding Perak and Kedah, imposing their chieftains in Selangor and becoming the power behind the throne in Johor.