Ambon

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Ambon may refer to:

Places

Ambon Island, an island in Indonesia
- Ambon, Maluku, a city on Ambon Island, the capital of Maluku province
- Governorate of Ambon, a colony of the Dutch East India Company from 1605 to 1796
Ambon, Morbihan, a commune in Morbihan, France

Other uses

Ambon (liturgy), the place directly in front of the Holy Doors of an Eastern Orthodox Church
Battle of Ambon, a World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces which occurred on the island in 1942

See also

Ambo (disambiguation)
Ambon white-eye, a species of bird

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