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Dutch
Etymology
From oost- (“eastern”) + Timor (“Timor”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Oost-Timor ? n
- East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)
- Oost-Timor was lang een Portugese kolonie en werd dan door grote buur Indonesië bezet en zelfs aangehecht tot het uiteindelijk onafhankelijk werd
- East Timor was for long a Portuguese colony, next got occupied and even annexed by giant neighbour Indonesia until it finally achieved independence
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