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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the Malay Archipelago east of Java, divided between Indonesia and East Timor. The western half of the island, formerly Netherlands Timor, became part of Indonesia in 1949. The eastern half was an overseas province of Portugal until 1975, when it declared its independence as East Timor. Indonesia invaded the same year and annexed East Timor in 1976. East Timor achieved full independence in 2002.
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- proper noun An
island in the Sundas
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- noun an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands
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THE TIMOR GROUP: comprising the islands of Timor, Flores,
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THE TIMOR GROUP: comprising the islands of Timor, Flores, Sumbawa, and Lombock, with several smaller ones.
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Geographynote: Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Timor-Leste 2008
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East;" the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East;" the island of
The 2004 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of
The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Timor comes from the Malay word for "East"; the island of Timor is part of the Malay Archipelago and is the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands
The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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And talking about using contraception in Timor, which is 90% Catholic – talking about spacing your family and perhaps having 5 kids instead of 8 or 10 – talking more generally, in public, that women need to have a public voice – this was very controversial and generated a huge buzz of voices in the room.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Thoughts on Abortion A Few Days Before Law Approval 2009
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