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East Timor (Timor-Leste) in other languages: Dili and municipalities

East Timor is Timór-Leste in Tetum and Timor-Leste in Portuguese, its two official languages, and its ISO codes are TL, TLS and 626. The page lists the name in 170 languages and variants, the capital Dili in 55, and the municipalities in both languages.

Official languagesTetum (tetun) and Portuguese (português); Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) and English as working languages

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 1:2

alpha-2: TL
alpha-3: TLS
numeric: 626

Timór-Leste Tetum · Latin

Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste

Timor-Leste Portuguese · Latin

República Democrática de Timor-Leste

English: Timor-Leste (East Timor)Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Capital: DiliDíliDili

ISO 3166-1, alpha-2 code TL since 2002 (earlier TP), checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

East Timor (Timor-Leste) in other languages: list of exonyms

East Timor (Timor-Leste) in 170 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English	eng	East Timor, Timor-Leste	same as written
Asturian, Catalan, Interlingua, Ladin (Val Badia), Spanish	ast / cat / ina / lld / spa	Timor Oriental	same as written
Cornish, Friulian, Sicilian, Sardinian	cor / fur / scn / srd	Timor Est	same as written
Afrikaans, Limburgish	afr / lim	Oos-Timor	same as written
German, Luxembourgish	deu / ltz	Osttimor	same as written
Aragonese	arg	Timor Oriental, Timor Este	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Şərqi Timor / Шәрги Тимор	Şərqi Timor
Bosnian	bos	Istočni Timor / Источни Тимор / اٖىستۉچنٖى تٖىمۉر	Istočni Timor
Breton	bre	Timor ar Reter	same as written
Czech	ces	Východní Timor	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Şarqiy Timor / Шаркъий Тимор	Şarqiy Timor
Kashubian	csb	Pòrënkòwi Timor	same as written
Welsh	cym	Dwyrain Timor	same as written
Danish	dan	Østtimor	same as written
Lower Sorbian	dsb	Pódzajtšny Timor	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Orienta Timoro	same as written
Estonian	est	Ida-Timor	same as written
Basque	eus	Ekialdeko Timor	same as written
Faroese	fao	Eystur Timor	same as written
Finnish	fin	Itä-Timor	same as written
Kven	fkv	Öystä-Timor	same as written
French	fra	Timor oriental, Timor-Leste	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Timor orientâl	same as written
West Frisian	fry	East Timor	same as written
Gagauz	gag	Günduusu Timor / Гӱндуусу Тимор	Günduusu Timor
Scottish Gaelic	gla	Tiomor an Ear, Timor an Ear	same as written
Irish	gle	An Tíomór Thoir	same as written
Galician	glg	Timor Leste	same as written
Manx	glv	Yn Teemor Hiar	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Timò oryantal	same as written
Croatian	hrv	Istočni Timor	same as written
Upper Sorbian	hsb	Wuchodny Timor	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Kelet-Timor	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Timọ Iru-anyanwu	same as written
Indonesian	ind	Timor Timur, Timor Leste	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Austur-Tímor	same as written
Italian	ita	Timor Est, Timor Orientale	same as written
Javanese	jav	Timor Wétan	same as written
Jersey Norman French	jnf	Timor d’l’Êst	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Shıgʻıs Timor / Шығыс Тимор	Shıgʻıs Timor
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Tîmora Rojhelat	same as written
Latin	lat	Timoria Orientalis	same as written
Latvian	lav	Austrumtimora	same as written
Lingala	lin	Timor ya monyɛlɛ	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Rytų Timoras	same as written
Ladin (Gherdëina)	lld	Timor Urientel	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Reitu Timors	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Timora Atsinanana	same as written
Maltese	mlt	Timor tal-Lvant	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Timorul de Est / Тиморул де Ест	Timorul de Est
Malay	msa	Timor Timur / تيمور تيمور, Timor Leste / تيمور لستي	Timor Timur, Timor Leste
Nahuatl	nah	Timor Tlāpcopa	same as written
Navajo	nav	Haʼaʼaahjí Tíímow	same as written
Low German	nds	Oosttimor	same as written
Dutch	nld	Oost-Timor	same as written
Norwegian Nynorsk	nno	Aust-Timor	same as written
Norwegian Bokmål	nob	Øst-Timor	same as written
Novial	nov	Esti Timor, Timor-Leste	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Timor-de-l’Êt	same as written
Occitan	oci	Timòr Èst	same as written
Polish	pol	Timor Wschodni	same as written
Portuguese	por	Timor-Leste	same as written
Quechua	que	Intichay Timur, Anti Timur	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Orientalutno Timoro / ओरिएन्तालुत्नो तिमोरो	Orientalutno Timoro
Romansh	roh	Timor da l’Ost	same as written
Romanian	ron	Timorul de Est	same as written
Aromanian	rup	Timorul di Dat	same as written
Sango	sag	Timôro tî Tö	same as written
Slovak	slk	Východný Timor	same as written
Slovio	slo	Vostokju Timor / Востокйу Тимор	Vostokju Timor
Slovenian	slv	Vzhodni Timor	same as written
Northern Sami	sme	Nuorta-Timor	same as written
Samogitian	smg	Rītū Timuors	same as written
Somali	som	Barriga Tiimoor	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Timori Lindor	same as written
Saterland Frisian	stq	Aast-Timor	same as written
Swahili	swa	Timor ya Mashariki	same as written
Swedish	swe	Östtimor	same as written
Silesian	szl	Wschodńi Timůr	same as written
Tetum	tet	Timór-Leste, Timór Lorosa’e	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Silangang Timor	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Gündogar Timor / Гүндогар Тимор	Gündogar Timor
Turkish	tur	Doğu Timor	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Sharqiy Timor / Шарқий Тимор / شەرقىي تىمار	Sharqiy Timor
Vietnamese	vie	Đông Ti-mo	same as written
Volapük	vol	Lofüda-Timoreän	same as written
Võro	vor	Hummogu-Timor	same as written
Walloon	wln	Timor Ess	same as written
Wolof	wol	Timoor gu Penku	same as written
Yoruba	yor	Ìlàoòrùn Timor	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Timurê Rocvetışi	same as written
Abkhaz	abk	Амрагыларатәи Тимор	Amragylaratwi Timor
Abaza	abq	Восточна Тимор	Vostočna Timor
Altai	alt	Кӱнчыгыш Тимор	Künčygyš Timor
Avar	ava	Бакъбаккул Тимор	Baq̇bakkul Timor
Bashkir	bak	Көнсығыш Тимор / Könsığış Timor	Könsığış Timor
Belarusian	bel	Усходні Тымор / Uschodni Tymor, Тымор-Лешты / Tymor-Lešty, Тымор-Лешці / Tymor-Lešci	Uschodni Tymor, Tymor-Lešty, Tymor-Lešci
Bulgarian	bul	Източен Тимор	Iztočen Timor
Chechen	che	Малхбали Тимор / Malxbali Timor	Malxbali Timor
Chuvash	chv	Тухӑҫ Тимор	Tuȟăś Timor
Kazakh	kaz	Шығыс Тимор / شىعىس تيمور / Şığıs Tïmor	Şığıs Tïmor
Kabardian	kbd	Къуэкӏыпӏэ Тимор	Quăḳyṗa Timor
Kyrgyz	kir	Чыгыш Тимор / چىعىش تئمور / Çığış Timor	Çığış Timor
Khakas	kjh	Восточнай Тимор	Vostočnaj Timor
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Тимора Р’оһьлата / Tîmora Ṟohilata, Тимора Р’ожһәлата / Tîmora Ṟojhelata, Тимора Шәрԛе / Tîmora Şerqê	Tîmora Ṟohilata, Tîmora Ṟojhelata, Tîmora Şerqê
Komi	kom	Асыввыв Тимор	Asyvvyv Timor
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Кюнчыгъыш Тимор	Künčyġyš Timor
Kumyk	kum	Гюнтувуш Тимор	Güntuvuš Timor
Lezgi	lez	Рагъэкъечӏдайпатан Тимор	Raġėq̄eč̣dajpatan Timor
Meadow Mari	mhr	Эрвел Тимор	Ėrvel Timor
Macedonian	mkd	Источен Тимор	Istočen Timor
Mongolian	mon	Зүүн Тимор	Züün Timor
Ossetian	oss	Скӕсӕн Тимор	Skäsän Timor
Rusyn	rue	Выходный Тімор	Vŷȟodnŷj Timor
Russian	rus	Восточный Тимор	Vostočnyj Timor
Yakut	sah	Илин Тимор	Ilin Timor
Serbian	srp	Источни Тимор / Istočni Timor	Istočni Timor
Tatar	tat	Көнчыгыш Тимор / Könçığış Timor / كۆنچىغىش تىمور	Könçığış Timor
Tajik	tgk	Тимори Шарқӣ / تیمار شرقی / Timori Şarqī	Timori Şarqī
Tuvan	tyv	Чөөн-Тимор	Čöön-Timor
Udmurt	udm	Ӵукпал Тимор	Č̣ukpal Timor
Ukrainian	ukr	Східний Тимор, Східний Тімор	Sȟidnyj Tymor, Sȟidnyj Timor
Kalmyk	xal	Зюнһара Тимор	Zjunġara Timor
Arabic	ara	تيمور الشرقية, تيمور ليشتي	Tīmūru š-Šarqīyâ, Tīmūr Līštī
South Azerbaijani	azb	شرقی تیمور / Şərqi Timor	Şərqi Timor
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	تیمۆری ڕۆژهەڵات / Tîmorî Ṟojheḻat	Tîmorî Ṟojheḻat
Persian	fas	تیمور شرقی / Timore Šarqi	Timore Šarqi
Western Punjabi	pnb	ایسٹ تمور	Īsṫ Timōr
Dari	prs	تیمور شرقی	Tīmōr-e Šarqī
Pashto	pus	ختيځ تيمور	Ḫatīź Tīmōr
Uyghur	uig	شەرقىي تىمور / Sherqiy Timor / Шәрқий Тимор	Sherqiy Timor
Urdu	urd	مشرقی تیمور	Mašriqī Tīmōr
Dhivehi	div	އިރުމަތީ ޓިމޯރު	Irumatī Ṫimōru
Hebrew	heb	מזרח־טימור, טימור המזרחית	Mizraḥ-Ṭīmōr, Ṭīmōr ha-Mizraḥīt
Ladino	lad	טימור אוריינטאל / Timor Oriental	Timor Oriental
Yiddish	yid	מזרח טימאָר	Mizreḥ Timor
Amharic	amh	ምሥራቅ ቲሞር	Məśraḳ Timor
Greek (Demotic)	ell	Ανατολικό Τιμόρ	Anatolikó Timór
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell	Ἀνατολικὸν Τιμόρ	Anatolikòn Timór
Armenian	hye	Արևելյան Թիմոր	Arevelyan T̕imor
Georgian	kat	აღმოსავლეთი ტიმორი	Aġmosavleṭi Timori
Laz	lzz	ჲულვა ტიმორი / Yulva T’imori	Yulva T’imori
Mingrelian	xmf	ბჟაეიოლი ტიმორი	Bžaeioli Timori
Hindi	hin	पूर्वी तिमोर	Pūrvī Timor
Marathi	mar	पूर्व तिमोर	Pūrwa Timor
Bengali	ben	পূর্ব টিমোর, পূর্ব তিমুর	Pūrbô Ṭimor, Pūrbô Timur
Gujarati	guj	પૂર્વ ટિમોર, પૂર્વ તિમોર	Pūrva Ṭimor, Pūrva Timor
Odia	ori	ଟିମର-ଲେସ୍ତେ	Ṭimôr-Leste
Punjabi	pan	ਟੀਮੁਰ-ਲੀਸਟੀ	Ṭīmur-Līsṭī
Sinhala	sin	නැගෙනහිර ටිමෝරය	Nægenahira Ṭimōraya
Kannada	kan	ಪೂರ್ವ ಟೀಮೋರ್	Pūrva Ṭīmōr
Malayalam	mal	കിഴക്കൻ ടിമോർ, കിഴക്കൻ തിമുർ	Kiḻakkan Ṭimōr, Kiḻakkan Timur
Tamil	tam	கிழக்குத் திமோர், திமோர் லெஸ்தே	Kiḻakkut Timōr, Timōr Lestē
Telugu	tel	తూర్పు టిమోర్, తూర్పు తైమూర్	Tūrpu Ṭimōr, Tūrpu Taimūr
Chinese	zho	東帝汶/东帝汶	Dōng Dìwèn
Japanese	jpn	東ティモール, 東チモール	Higashi Timōru, Higashi Chimōru
Korean	kor	동티모르	Dong Timoreu
Tibetan	bod	ཤར་ཏི་མོར།	Šar. Ti.mor
Burmese	mya	အရှေ့တီမော	Ášé Timɔ̀
Thai	tha	ติมอร์ตะวันออก, ติมอร์เลสเต	Timɔ̄[r] Tawân'ɔ̄k, Timɔ̄[r] Lēttē
Khmer	khm	ទីម័រខាងកើត	Tīmŏr Kʰāṅkøt

Most languages translate East into their own word; some, such as English, French, Indonesian and Tetum, list the Portuguese name Timor-Leste beside it. Tetum also gives Timór Lorosa’e.

02 · NamesU+00F3 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE

East Timor, Timor-Leste, Timór Lorosa’e

The country has two official names of the same meaning. In Tetum it is Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste, in Portuguese República Democrática de Timor-Leste; leste is Portuguese for east. Tetum also has a name of its own, Timór Lorosa’e, the Timor of the rising sun. English has used both East Timor and Timor-Leste; ISO 3166 adopted Timor-Leste as the English short name in 2002 and replaced the code TP with TL.

Most languages translate the east. German has Osttimor, Dutch Oost-Timor, Finnish Itä-Timor, Hungarian Kelet-Timor, Polish Timor Wschodni and Russian Восточный Тимор; Croatian and Bosnian write Istočni Timor, Spanish and Catalan Timor Oriental. Indonesian keeps Timor Timur, the name of the province the territory formed until 1999, beside Timor Leste.

Other languages put the direction after the name: Italian Timor Est, Latin Timoria Orientalis, Swahili Timor ya Mashariki, Wolof Timoor gu Penku, Quechua Intichay Timur. Belarusian lists the Portuguese name as well, Тымор-Лешты.

03 · Dili

Dili in other languages

Dili in 55 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, Indonesian, Latvian, Tetum, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / fra / ind / lav / tet / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Dili	same as written
Azerbaijani, Moldovan, Turkmen	aze / mol / tuk	Dili / Дили	Dili
Lithuanian, Samogitian	lit / smg	Dilis	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Dili / Дили / دٖىلٖى	Dili
Esperanto	epo	Dilo	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Dîlî	same as written
Malay	msa	Dili / ديلي	Dili
Portuguese	por	Díli	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Dili / Дили / دىلى	Dili
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian	bul / mon / rus	Дили	Dili
Bashkir, Serbian	bak / srp	Дили / Dili	Dili
Belarusian	bel	Дылі / Dyli	Dyli
Kazakh	kaz	Дили / ديلي / Dïlï	Dïlï
Kyrgyz	kir	Дили / دئلى / Dili	Dili
Tatar	tat	Дили / Dili / دىلى	Dili
Tajik	tgk	Дили / دیلی / Dili	Dili
Ukrainian	ukr	Ділі	Dili
Arabic, Pashto	ara / pus	ديلي	Dīlī
South Azerbaijani, Persian	azb / fas	دیلی / Dili	Dili
Uyghur	uig	دىلى / Dili / Дили	Dili
Urdu	urd	ڈیلی	Ḋīlī
Hebrew	heb	דילי	Dīlī
Yiddish	yid	דילי	Dili
Greek	ell	Ντίλι	Ntíli
Armenian	hye	Դիլի	Dili
Georgian	kat	დილი	Dili
Hindi	hin	दिली	Dilī
Nepali	nep	दिलि	Dili
Bengali	ben	ডিলি, দিলি	Ḍili, Dili
Punjabi	pan	ਦੀਲੀ	Dīlī
Kannada	kan	ದಿಲಿ	Dili
Malayalam	mal	ദിലി, ഡിലി	Dili, Ḍili
Tamil	tam	திலி	Tili
Telugu	tel	దిలి	Dili
Chinese	zho	帝力	Dìlì
Japanese	jpn	ディリ	Diri
Korean	kor	딜리	Dilli
Thai	tha	ดิลี	Dilī
Khmer	khm	ឌីលី	Dīlī

Portuguese writes Díli with an accent, the spelling ISO 3166-2 has used since 2011.

04 · Municipalities

The 13 municipalities of Timor-Leste in Tetum and Portuguese

Timor-Leste was divided into 13 districts (distritu in Tetum, distritos in Portuguese); since a reform of the administration they are called municipalities (munisípiu, municípios), and ISO 3166-2:TL adopted the new category on 26 November 2018. Oé-Cusse Ambeno, the exclave in Indonesian West Timor, is a special administrative region.

Timor-Leste, ISO 3166-2:TL: 12 municipalities, 1 special administrative region
ISO 3166-2	Tetum	Portuguese	English	Administrative centre	Change
Municipalities munisípiu13
TL-AL	Aileu	Aileu	Aileu	AileuAileu
TL-AN	Ainaru	Ainaro	Ainaro	AinaruAinaro
TL-BA	Baukau	Baucau	Baucau	BaukauBaucau
TL-BO	Bobonaru	Bobonaro	Bobonaro	MalianaMaliana
TL-CO	Kovalima	Cova Lima	Cova Lima	SuaiSuai
TL-DI	Díli	Díli	Díli	DíliDíli	2022 Atauro island separated as a municipality of its own on 1 January 2022; not yet in ISO 3166-2
TL-ER	Ermera	Ermera	Ermera	GlenoGleno
TL-LA	Lautein	Lautém	Lautém	LospalosLospalos
TL-LI	Likisá	Liquiça	Liquiça	LikisáLiquiçá
TL-MT	Manatutu	Manatuto	Manatuto	ManatutuManatuto
TL-MF	Manufahi	Manufahi	Manufahi	SameSame
TL-OE	Oekusi-Ambenu	Oé-Cusse Ambeno	Oé-Cusse Ambeno	Pante-MakasárPante Macassar	2018 Special administrative region; listed as Distritu Oe-Kusi, Distrito de Oecusse, until ISO renamed it
TL-VI	Vikeke	Viqueque	Viqueque	VikekeViqueque

Codes, names and changes: ISO 3166-2:TL on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:TL, checked 28 October 2026. Atauro: Wikipedia, Atauro and Municipalities of Timor-Leste, checked 28 October 2026.

05 · Changes

From districts to municipalities

The thirteen districts of the list are municipalities today, and ISO 3166-2 has followed the new terms since November 2018, writing Díli with an accent and Oé-Cusse Ambeno for the exclave once called Oecusse. One change is not yet in the standard: Atauro, an island north of Dili and until then part of Dili municipality, became a municipality of its own on 1 January 2022, the fourteenth. The national anthem Pátria is sung in Portuguese.

06 · Towns

Ten large towns of East Timor in Tetum and Portuguese

Ten large towns in descending order of population, as ranked when the list was compiled; where Portuguese spells the name differently, its form follows the Tetum one.

Dili
Dare
Lospalos; Portuguese Los Palos
Baukau; Portuguese Baucau
Ermera
Maliana
Suai
Bobonaru; Portuguese Bobonaro
Vikeke; Portuguese Viqueque
Likisá; Portuguese Liquiçá

07 · Questions

Questions about the names and municipalities of East Timor

Is it East Timor or Timor-Leste?

Both. Timor-Leste is the official name in Portuguese and the English short name in ISO 3166; East Timor is its translation.

What is East Timor called in Croatian?

Istočni Timor, as in Bosnian. Serbian writes Источни Тимор.

How many municipalities does Timor-Leste have?

14 since Atauro became one on 1 January 2022. ISO 3166-2 still lists 13 units, 12 municipalities and the special administrative region of Oé-Cusse Ambeno.