Sentence:  The Portuguese established trading ports at Goa, India, and Sri Lanka and moved farther east to Malacca, Malaysia, and the <WSD>Spice Islands</WSD> (the Moluccas) bringing back pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and mace. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The Moluccas or Maluku Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia comprising the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku.