Timor

American  

[tee-mawr, tee-mawr] / ˈti mɔr, tiˈmɔr /

noun

1. the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, comprising East Timor on the E half and part of the Republic of Indonesia on the W half. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).

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Timor British  

/ ˈtaɪ-, ˈtiːmɔː /

noun

1. an island in the Malay Archipelago, the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands: the west was a Dutch possession (part of the Dutch East Indies) until 1949, when it became part of Indonesia: the east was held by Portugal until 1975, when it declared independence but was immediately invaded by Indonesia; East Timor finally became an independent state in 2002. Area: 30 775 sq km (11 883 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

AB announced the “blockchain” resort in East Timor, a poor island nation north of Australia, in June 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The other is a southern route that carried early seafarers more directly to Australia via Timor or nearby islands.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Some had bogus flags from countries such as East Timor and Malawi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

East Timor was granted observer status to the regional body in 2022 but its full membership was delayed by various challenges.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

He had reported almost every war of the twentieth century, like the Spanish Civil War, and the genocide in East Timor, and bad stuff that happened in Africa.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer