Amboyna
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Amboyna can refer to:
- Ambon, Maluku, a city in Indonesia
- Ambon IslandAmbon IslandAmbon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of , and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of 2 territories: The main city and seaport is Ambon , which is also the capital of Maluku province and Maluku Tengah Ambon Island is part of the...
, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia - Amboyna burl of PterocarpusPterocarpusPterocarpus is a pantropical genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, most of which yield valuable timber traded as padauk ; other common names are mukwa or narra...
trees - Amboyna (genus)Amboyna (genus)Amboyna is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.-Species:*Amboyna diapella Common, 1965*Amboyna furcifera Razowski, 1964-External links:*...
, a moth genus - Amboyna (play)Amboyna (play)Amboyna, or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants is a tragedy by John Dryden written in 1673. Its subject is the Amboyna massacre that took place on Ambon Island in 1623....
, a play by John Dryden - Amboyna massacreAmboyna massacreThe Amboyna massacre was the 1623 torture and execution on Ambon Island , of twenty men, ten of whom were in the service of the British East India Company, by agents of the Dutch East India Company, on accusations of treason...