东帝汶

東帝汶

Dōngdìwèn

noun #77,459

Meanings

东 (east) + 帝汶 (Timor). 'Timor' comes from Malay/Indonesian for 'east,' so the full name literally means 'East East.'

东帝汶是亚洲最年轻的国家之一。

Dōngdìwèn shì Yàzhōu zuì niánqīng de guójiā zhīyī.

Timor-Leste is one of the youngest countries in Asia.

history

The name is doubly redundant: 'Timor' means 'east' in Malay, and 东 also means 'east.' So 东帝汶 essentially means 'East East.'

东 dōng

帝 dì

汶 Wèn