1. a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
East Timor
n 1: a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in
1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in
May 2002 became an independent nation