Timor Timur

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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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