AMBOYNA Meaning of AMBOYNA in English [ am'bɔɪnə ]■ noun the decorative wood of a fast-growing SE Asian tree ( Pterocarpus indicus ), used for cabinetmaking.OriginC19: named after Amboina Island in Indonesia. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004