the present day SAR was known as Ambeno, and was centred in Tulaica and Nunuhenu [de].: 58, 124  The portmanteau "Oe-Kussi", from which "Oecusse" is derived...

to the Dutch. According to oral traditions, the army was assembled at Nunuhenu, in Ambeno, before it marched towards Kupang. Da Costa was not supported...