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
- Former de facto province of Indonesia, whose territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the presently independent country of Timor-Leste.
See also
- Timor Leste
- Timor Lorosa'e