Toa Payoh

== English == === Etymology === From Hokkien 大巴窯 / 大巴窑 (Tōa Pa-iô, “large swamp”). 巴窯 / 巴窑 (Pa-iô) is itself a phonetic approximation of Malay paya (“swamp”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtɔː ˈpɑːjəʊ/, /- ˈpaɪ.əʊ/ (Singapore) IPA(key): [ˌt(w)ɔː ˈpaː˧.jo(ː)˦], [ˌto(ː) -], (ending a sentence) [-jo(ː)˦˧] === Proper noun === Toa Payoh A planning area and new town in the Central Region of Singapore. ==== Translations ====