How do countries get their names?

Timor-Leste means “east east.” It comes from “timur,” Malay for “east,” which according to Everett-Heath, refers to the fact that Timor is east of Java and Sumatra, and “leste,” Portuguese for “east.” Australia means “southern,” based on a land very far south theorized by the ancient Greeks, Terra Australis Incognita, “Unknown Southern Land.”