an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands
"The expedition traveled westward across the sea until they finally reached Timor."
An island in the Sundas
"The dense jungle covers much of Timor, the easternmost island in the Sunda Islands archipelago."
The word timor comes from the Malay language, where it originally meant "east." It entered English as a proper name referring to the island of that direction.