a handsome and populous town of Italy, in the territory of the church, and in the Marche of Ancona, with a bishop's see, and an university. MACCHIAN, one of the Molucca islands, in the East Indian Ocean, about 20 miles in circumference, and the most fertile of them all. It likewise produces the best cloves; and is in possession of the Dutch, who have three strong forts built on it.