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timor
/tiˈmɔɹ/
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What does timor mean?
proper noun
- An island in the Sundas.
- A locality in the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/tiˈmɔɹ/
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On the 2d of July the great island of Timor was in view away to the nor'ard.
In pursuing their course, our navigators passed the islands of Timor, Timor-lavet, Rotte, and Seman.
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This declaration also applies to Macao and East Timor.
I wish that you had visited Timor; it has been asserted that a fossil mastodon's or elephant's tooth (I forget which) has been found there, which would be a grand fact.
In a continuous line from that peninsula stretch the long islands of Sumatra, Java, Bally, and Timor; which, with many others, form a vast mole, or rampart, lengthwise connecting Asia with Australia, and dividing the long unbroken Indian ocean from the thickly studded oriental archipelagoes.