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Portuguese Timor (Portuguese: Timor Português) was a Portuguese colony on the territory of present-day East Timor from 1702 until 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies. The first Europeans to arrive in the region were the Portuguese in 1515. [1]
Portuguese soldiers in East Timor. Although Portugal was neutral during World War II, in December 1941, Portuguese Timor was occupied by Australian and Dutch forces, which were expecting a Japanese invasion. This Australian military intervention dragged Portuguese Timor into the Pacific War but it also slowed the Japanese expansion.
Unilateral Declaration of Independence as Democratic Republic of East Timor: Invaded and occupied by Indonesia (from 17 July 1976, annexed as East Timor province). Not recognized by Portugal; remained recognized by United Nations as Portuguese territory. 130: Arnaldo dos Reis Araújo Governor 3 August 1976: 19 September 1978: Suharto President ...
The Democratic Republic of East Timor (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika de Timór-Lorosa'e), was a state that was unilaterally proclaimed on the territory of present-day East Timor on 28 November 1975 by Fretilin prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor nine days later on 7 December 1975.
According to this, the Portuguese first heard the name of this fruit when they reached the Bay of Dili in 1520. [1] However, this cannot be true, as Mambai was spoken in the region at that time. Tetum only spread to Dili when it became the capital of Portuguese Timor. Furthermore, papaya is an American fruit that only came to Southeast Asia ...
In Indonesian, this results in the name Timor Timur (the name of the former de facto Indonesian province; Timor Leste is used instead to refer to the country). In Portuguese, the country is called Timor-Leste (Leste meaning ' east '). In Tetum, it is Timór Lorosa'e (Lorosa'e can be literally translated as ' where the sun rises '). [11] [12]
Portugal portal; Portuguese Timor (1702 to 1975) — a former Portuguese colony on the eastern island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands archipelago. Part of the Portuguese Empire until 1975, when the Indonesian invasion of East Timor sparked a violent military occupation by Indonesia for 25 years. It became the independent nation of East ...
Timorese Portuguese is a legacy of Portuguese rule of Timor-Leste (called Portuguese Timor) from the 16th century.It had its first contact during the Portuguese discoveries of the East, but it was largely exposed to Portuguese Timor in the 18th century after its division from the rest of the island by the Netherlands.