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Definitions for timor
ˈti mɔr, tiˈmɔrtim·or

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Timornoun

    an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands

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  1. Timornoun

    An island in the Sundas

  2. Etymology: From timur (east).

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  1. Timor

    Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as West Timor, constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Within West Timor lies an exclave of East Timor called Oecusse District. The island covers an area of 30,777 square kilometres (11,883 square miles). The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands. Mainland Australia is less than 500 km away, separated by the Timor Sea.

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  1. timor

    Timor is an island located at the southern extreme of Maritime Southeast Asia. It is politically divided into East Timor (an independent nation) and West Timor (part of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara). The name "Timor" comes from the Indonesian and Malay word meaning "east".

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  1. Timor

    Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between an independent sovereign state of East Timor and West Timor, which is part of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island covers an area of 30,777 square kilometres. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Timor

    the largest of the long chain of islands which stretches eastward from Java, of volcanic formation, mountainous, wooded, and possessing deposits of various metals, but mainly exports maize, sandal-wood, wax, tortoise-shell, &c.; population consists chiefly of Papuans, whose native chiefs are the real rulers of the island, which belongs, the W. portion of it to Holland and the E. to Portugal; E. of Timor lies a group of three low-lying islands of coral formation, known as Timor-Laut or Tenimber Islands (25); Dutch possession.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of timor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of timor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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