East Timor

/ist ˌtiˈmɔər/
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Definitions of East Timor
  1. noun
    a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation
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    the territory occupied by a nation
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