[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.270 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.270 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.270 - **Language:** English ### [c10.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.270) \*\*AMBOYNA\*\*, n.p. A famous island in the Molucca Sea, belonging to the Dutch. The native form of the name is \*\*Ambun\*\* \[which according to Marsden means ‘dew’\]. - [Previous: c10.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.269) - [Next: c10.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.271) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.270) · Pramāṇa