Dili

or Dil·li, Dil·ly

[ dil-ee ]

noun

1. a city on NE Timor, the capital of East Timor.

Dili

/ ˈdiːliː /

noun

1. the capital (from 2002) of independent East Timor: the former capital (until 1976) of Portuguese Timor. Pop: 50 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

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

Pope Francis, who landed in Dili on Monday afternoon, will have spent less than 48 hours in Timor-Leste when he flies to Singapore on Wednesday for the last leg of his 12-day tour.

From BBC

According to his official schedule, the Pope will not meet with victims, but it is unclear whether he will apologise for the scandal or even whether Bishop Belo will appear alongside him in Dili.

From BBC

Around 700,000 people - more than half of Timor-Leste's entire population - are expected to attend an open-air mass that the Pope will celebrate near the capital Dili later on Tuesday.

From BBC

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