HyperDic: east_timor

English > 1 sense of the expression East Timor:
NOUNlocationEast Timora former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976
English > East Timor: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA 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.
Instance ofcountry, state, landThe territory occupied by a nation
Part ofSoutheast AsiaA geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
TimorAn island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago
SpanishTimor Leste, Timor, Timor Oriental
CatalanTimor Leste, Timor, Timor Oriental

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