Singapore

== English == === Etymology === From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/ (Standard Southern British, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoː/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsəŋəpoː/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoɾ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː/ (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/, /ˈsɪŋʌ-/ (dated) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/, /sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/ === Proper noun === Singapore An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore. ==== Synonyms ==== Fine City (informal) Lion City (informal) S'pore (abbreviation) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: সিঙ্গাপুর (śiṅgapur) → Burmese: စင်ကာပူ (cangkapu) → Cantonese: 星加坡 (sing1 gaa3 bo1) → Chinese: 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō) → Zhuang: Sinhgyahboh → Faroese: Singapor → Finnish: Singapore → Hawaiian: Sinapoa → Irish: Singeapór → Japanese: シンガポール (Shingapōru) → Korean: 싱가포르 (Singgaporeu) → Polish: Singapur → Telugu: సింగపూర్ (siṅgapūr) → Thai: สิงคโปร์ (sǐng-ká-bpoo) (semi-learned) → Tibetan: སེང་ག་ཕོར (seng ga phor) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Countries of the world === Noun === Singapore (uncountable) Singapore-style noodles === Anagrams === resoaping == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Singapore, from Malay Singapura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiŋːɑpore/, [ˈs̠iŋːɑ̝ˌpo̞re̞] Rhymes: -ore Syllabification(key): Sin‧ga‧po‧re Hyphenation(key): Sin‧ga‧po‧re === Proper noun === Singapore Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965)) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Proper noun === Singapore ? obsolete form of Singapour == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sin.ɡaˈpo.re/ Rhymes: -ore Hyphenation: Sin‧ga‧pó‧re === Proper noun === Singapore m Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965)) ==== Derived terms ==== singaporiano === Anagrams === riesponga, saprogeni, spaginerò, sporigena, spregiano == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪn.ɡaˈpɔː.rɛ/ Rhymes: -ɔːrɛ === Proper noun === Is-Singapore m Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965); official name: Repubblika ta’ Singapore) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Singapore Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965)) ==== Related terms ==== singaporer singaporsk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Singapore Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965)) ==== Related terms ==== singaporar singaporsk == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Singapore n (genitive Singapores) Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965)) ==== Related terms ==== singaporian singaporiansk singaporianska ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Singapore”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024) Svensk MeSH