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Meaning of timor



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timor
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It is a word of Malay origin and means east, where the sun rises, levante. It is the name of an island in the Indian Ocean.

  



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Timor is an island in the Indian Ocean containing the country of East Timor and a part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara called West Timor (Indonesia). The name comes from the Malay timur ("east") because it is located east of the archipelago of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

  










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