Etymology

Timor-Leste

Today it means: East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor) Full definition →

Portuguese Timor-Leste
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  1. Portuguese · derived fromTimor-Leste
  2. English todayTimor-Leste

From Portuguese Timor-Leste (literally “East Timor”).

Words from the same roots

PortugueseTimor-Leste all →

East Timor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.