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Timor Sea

American  

noun

  1. an arm of the Indian Ocean, between Timor and NW Australia.


Timor Sea British  

noun

  1. an arm of the Indian Ocean between Australia and Timor. Width: about 480 km (300 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They have travelled through Kazakhstan, China, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia, and are now in Dili, East Timor's capital, hoping to find a boat to cross the Timor Sea to Darwin, Australia.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2023

Australia and East Timor currently share revenue from the Bayu-Undan gas field in the Timor Sea that has been piped to Darwin since 2006.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2022

If Timor-Leste can reach an agreement with Australia on how to divide Greater Sunrise, a gasfield in the Timor Sea between the two countries, then its gas will last another 15 years.

From Economist May 19, 2016

Between chopping wood in the Arctic north and fishing in the Timor Sea, he found time to drop in on the inaugural Sydney Sevens last month and enjoyed what he saw from the Australians.

From Reuters Mar. 23, 2016

Forster read on, stunned: First, you'll want to know what happened over the Timor Sea after the shot.

From Warning from the Stars by Cocking, Ron

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