Portuguese Timor
Britishnoun
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Though the economy is underdeveloped, Salazar has clung grimly to an increasingly costly empire; its colonies extend as far as Macao on the Chinese coast and Portuguese Timor in the East Indies.
From Time Magazine Archive
A high-level Portuguese envoy headed for the war-torn colony of Portuguese Timor in the Indonesian archipelago last week following talks with Indonesian government officials on ways to end the fighting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japan forcibly occupied Portuguese Timor in the Pacific, and is reported to be exercising illegal military control over the colony of Macao on the China coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dutch and Australian troops marched into Portuguese Timor last week over the protest of local Portuguese authorities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Imperial Japan occupied Portuguese Timor from 1942 to 1945, but Portugal resumed colonial authority after the Japanese defeat in World War II.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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