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Noun: East Timor
  1. A Southeast Asian nation occupying the eastern half of Timor island, formerly a Portuguese colony and Indonesian territory before gaining independence in 2002
    "East Timor struggled for decades to achieve independence"

Type of: country, land, state

Part of: Southeast Asia, Timor

Encyclopedia: East Timor, Indonesia