Timor Timur

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of Timor (“Timor island”, literally “east”) +‎ Timur (“east”). Cognate of Portuguese Timor Leste and Tetum Timor Lorosa'e.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtimɔr ˈtimʊr]

Proper noun

Timor Timur

  1. Former de facto province of Indonesia, whose territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the presently independent country of Timor-Leste.

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