amboinais meaning in English

ambonese

Colonial soldiers, who were largely Ambonese, clashed with Republican troops in Makassar during the Makassar Uprising in April 1950.
Les soldats coloniaux, en majorité amboinais, affrontèrent les troupes républicaines à Makassar, en avril 1950.
The predominantly Christian Ambonese were from one of the few regions with pro-Dutch sentiments and they were suspicious of the Javanese Muslim-dominated Republic, whom they unfavourably regarded as leftists.
Les Amboinais, majoritairement chrétiens, faisaient partie des soutiens des Pays-Bas et s'inquiétaient d'une République dominée par des Javanais majoritairement musulmans et défavorablement considérés comme des gauchistes.