Timor Timur

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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Timor Timur

  1. a former de facto province of Indonesia, whose territory corresponded to the previous Portuguese Timor and to the presently independent country of East Timor

Usage notes[edit]

Indonesian clearly distinguishes the names for the sovereign state of East Timor or Timor-Leste and the former Indonesian province of East Timor, the former is known as Timor Leste. Unlike English, these terms are not interchangeable in Indonesian.

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