Amboyna

(am-boinah,) an island of the Dutch E. Indies, in the E. archipelago, off the S.W. extremity of Ceram, between Lat. 3° 26′ and 3° 48′ S., and Lon. 127° 57' and 128° 27′ E. Length, 35 m.; average breadth, 10 m. It is mountainous, but fertile. C. Amboyna. Pop. of island 188,000; of town, 8,966. [s. 25]