FromPortugueseTimor Leste(“Timor-Leste”),Timor(“Timor”) +‎leste(“east”). Cognate ofIndonesianTimor Timur andTetumTimor Lorosa'e.

• IPA^(key):[ˈtimɔr ˈlɛste]

Timor Leste

1. East Timor,Timor Leste (acountry inSoutheast Asia occupying half the island ofTimor)

Indonesian clearly distinguishes the names forthe sovereign state of East Timor or Timor-Leste (Timor Leste) andthe former Indonesian province of East Timor, the latter is known asTimor Timur. Unlike English, these terms are not interchangeable in Indonesian.

• Timor Lorosa'e
• Timor Timur

• “Timor Leste” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

TimorLeste m

1. Misspelling ofTimor-Leste.