Timor

English · Français · Deutsch · Română · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Timor

  • /tiːmɔː/ Australia

Where it comes from

From Malay Timor, from timur (“east”).

proper noun

  1. An island in the Sundas.
  2. A locality in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: timor-leste, timorese, oblast, oriental, eastern, timur, western, ambon, untaet, territory, east, west, easterly, laut, leste, oecs

Translations

Every language

name island

日本語ティモール島 timōrutō, ティモール
中文帝汶島 /帝汶岛 Dìwèn Dǎo, 帝汶 Dìwèn
हिन्दीतिमोर timor
PortuguêsTimor
RomânăTimor

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"Timor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/timor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Timor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/timor

Chicago

"Timor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/timor.

BibTeX
@misc{timor_2026,
  title = {Timor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/timor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}