Dili
Americannoun
noun
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Some 600,000 people have gathered in a field outside Timor-Leste’s capital Dili for one of the biggest masses of Pope Francis’s papacy.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
In Timor-Leste, the Pope will officiate mass in the capital Dili, on the same seaside esplanade where John Paul II spoke in 1989 to comfort local Catholics who suffered under Indonesia's occupation of the territory.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024
“He has a charisma and rich experience as a leader,” a Dili resident, Joao Agustino Sarmento, said of Gusmao.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2023
"The very first time I talked about this I was only 24, or 25," he said by telephone from the capital Dili.
From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2022
The duties levied by the Portuguese at Dili in the month of June 1838 was 10 per cent.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George
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