Timor-Leste

/ ˈtiːmɔˈlɛsteɪ /

noun

1. the official name of East Timor

Example Sentences

Timor-Leste has one of the youngest populations in South East Asia, with more than 70% of its population under the age of 35, according to the UN.

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Timor-Leste has scrapped a plan to give its lawmakers free cars after thousands of people took to the streets to protest against it.

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Fidelis Leite Magalhães, a former minister and the president of the Institute of Politics and International Affairs in Timor-Leste, told the BBC that "people are accustomed to the idea that protests are part of a democratic system".

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It's a small and thrifty operation in Timor-Leste, which is part of an archipelago that lies between South East Asia and the South Pacific.

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Timor-Leste has one of the world’s highest concentrations of marine mammals.

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