Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital of East Timor, on the northern coast of Timor.
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- proper noun The capital of
East Timor .
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Examples
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DILI: East Timor celebrated the 10th anniversary of its popular consultation on Sunday, with the main streets and government offices in Dili decorated with colorful flags Minister Kevin Rudd's scandal-plagued Labour Party in the state of New South
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DILI: East Timor celebrated the 10th anniversary of its popular consultation on Sunday, with the main streets and government offices in Dili decorated with colorful flags
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There are now 2,013 unique business profiles online and the job of verifying further new businesses in Dili and the districts continues.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: From sighs to steps forward with the use of the Internet 2009
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Sara arrived to the program after spending several weeks in Dili, East Timor, the country whose blogosphere she dutifully covers on Global Voices.
Global Voices in English » Featured Author: Sara Moreira 2009
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Several events are scheduled in Dili, such as a photo exhibition in Fundação Oriente (which was itself the place where a massacre occurred in 1999) describing solidarity movements over the years.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Celebrating Global Solidarity for Freedom 2009
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On the same day of the celebrations, a peaceful demonstration in Dili finished up with one more attack on justice and democracy.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Where is Justice for the Suai Church Massacre? 2009
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As an anniversary ceremony was taking place, authorities in Dili released an Indonesian citizen accused of leading one of the worst massacres in East Timor in 1999.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Where is Justice for the Suai Church Massacre? 2009
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Residents are complaining about the rising cost of living in Dili, East Timor.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: The land was freed, but who owns it? 2009
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During some pro-independence celebrations in Dili, young people used these words “ALIVE OR DEAD, KICK OUT THE BAPAK [Indonesians]” in order to heat up the nationalist spirit to better the result of the ‘Popular Consultation 'in August 1999. photo by Rusty Stewart
Global Voices in English » East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote 2009
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They will go home energized and talk about what they heard and saw in Dili and let me tell you, there are some driven people in this country and they aren’t all foreigners.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Thoughts on Abortion A Few Days Before Law Approval 2009
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