amboynese

Etymology

From Amboyna + -ese.

amboynese means Of or relating to Amboyna. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

adj

Of or relating to Amboyna.“The Amboynese species, of which a very accurate representation is here given, is one of the largest and handsomest.”

noun

Natives or residents of Amboyna (Ambon Island).“Having made arrangements to stay for three weeks at a small hut on a newly cleared plantation in the interior of the northern half of the island, I with some difficulty obtained a boat and men to take me across the water--for the Amboynese are dreadfully lazy.”