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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Timor Timur #20598 03/02/2001 8:24 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London So East Timor, Indonesia, is really East East? How odd. Yes, well I'm assuming so: the Indonesian name for it as a province was Timor Timur. The native (Tetum) name is Timor Loro-Sae, where loro-sae is literally something like 'rising sun'/'sunrise', IIRC. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted timorous/timor JosieWales 02/28/2001 1:27 PM Re: timorous/timor NicholasW 02/28/2001 1:34 PM Re: timorous/timor Jackie 02/28/2001 2:21 PM Re: timorous/timor maverick 02/28/2001 5:06 PM Re: timorous/timor Rapunzel 02/28/2001 5:26 PM Timor mortis conturbat me NicholasW 03/02/2001 8:39 AM Re: NW Profile jmh 03/02/2001 8:50 AM Timor Timur NicholasW 03/02/2001 8:24 AM Re: Timor Timur Bingley 03/03/2001 4:46 AM Re: timorous/timor Seian 02/28/2001 2:01 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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