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, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoː/

  • Audio (London, Standard Southern British):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/

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• (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

2. 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.
   • 2023 March 16, Julia Yee, “Redditor calls S'pore 'hollow', 'cold' & 'claustrophobic', says M'sia is better place to live”, in Mothership‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 April 2023:

     "Singapore just feels like a hollow city compared to Malaysia," the reluctant Sinkie declared. […] He added that Singapore life is dull compared to Malaysia's.

Synonyms

• Fine City (informal)
• Lion City (informal)
• S'pore (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Hongapore
• SIJORI
• Singaporan
• Singaporean
• Singaporeanization
• Singaporeanize
• Singapore blue
• Singapore blue tarantula
• Singapore English
• Singapore fried noodles
• Singapore grip
• Singapore Inc
• Singapore noodles
• Singapore-on-Thames
• Singapore-on-the-Thames
• Singaporese
• Singaporesque
• Singapore-style noodles
• Singapore-upon-Thames
• Singaporize
• Singlish
• Sinkie
• S'pore

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

an island and city-state in Southeast Asia

• Abkhaz: Сингапур (Singapʼur)
• Afrikaans: Singapoer
• Albanian: Singapor m, Singapori m (definite)
• Amharic: ሲንጋፖር (singapor)
• Arabic: سِنْغَافُورَة (ar) f (sinḡāfūra)

  Hijazi Arabic: سِنْقافورة f (singāfōra, singāfūra)

• Armenian: Սինգապուր (Singapur)
• Assamese: ছিংগাপুৰ (siṅgapur)
• Asturian: Singapur (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Sinqapur (az)
• Bashkir: Сингапур (Singapur)
• Belarusian: Сінгапу́р m (Sinhapúr), Сынгапу́р m (Synhapúr) (Taraškievica), Сынґапу́р m (Syngapúr) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: সিঙ্গাপুর (bn) (śiṅgapur)
• Breton: Singapour
• Bulgarian: Сингапу́р (bg) m (Singapúr)
• Burmese: စင်ကာပူ (cangkapu), စင်္ကာပူ (cangkapu)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Сінґапу́р m (Singapúr)
• Catalan: Singapur (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新加坡 (san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹), 星加坡 (sing¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹)

  Eastern Min: 新嘉波 (Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤)

  Hakka: 新加坡 (Sîn-kâ-phô, Sîn-kâ-po, Sìn-kà-phô)

  Hokkien: 新加坡 (Sin-ka-pho)

  Mandarin: 新加坡 (zh), 新國 / 新国 (Xīnguó)

  Wu: 新加坡 (¹shin-ka-phu)

• Czech: Singapur (cs) m
• Danish: Singapore n
• Dhivehi: ސިންގަޕޫރު (sin̊gapūru)
• Dutch: Singapore (nl) n
• Esperanto: Singapuro (eo)
• Estonian: Singapur (et)
• Farefare: Sɩŋapɔra
• Faroese: Singapor n
• Finnish: Singapore (fi)
• French: Singapour (fr) m
• Friulian: Singapôr
• Galician: Singapur (gl)
• Georgian: სინგაპური (ka) (singaṗuri)
• German: Singapur (de) n
• Greek: Σιγκαπούρη (el) f (Sigkapoúri)
• Gujarati: સિંગાપુર (siṅgāpur)
• Hausa: Singapur
• Hawaiian: Sinapoa
• Hebrew: סִינְגָּפּוּר (he) (singapúr)
• Hindi: सिंगापुर (hi) m (siṅgāpur)
• Hungarian: Szingapúr (hu)
• Icelandic: Singapúr (is) n
• Ido: Singapur (io)
• Indonesian: Singapura (id)
• Interlingua: Singapur, Singapore
• Irish: Singeapór m
• Italian: Singapore (it) f
• Japanese: シンガポール (ja) (Shingapōru) (新嘉坡 (ja) (シンガポール, Shingapōru)), 昭南 (ja) (しょうなん, Shōnan) (historical)
• Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ (kn) (siṅgāpura)
• Kazakh: Сингапур (kk) (Sıyngapuwr)
• Khmer: សិង្ហបុរី (km) (sənghaʼborəy), សាំងកាប៉ូ (sangkaapou)
• Korean: 싱가포르 (ko) (Singgaporeu)
• Kyrgyz: Сингапур (ky) (Singapur)
• Lao: ສິງກະໂປ (lo) (sing ka pō)
• Latvian: Singapūra (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Singapūras (lt) m
• Lü: ᦉᦲᧂᦂᦷᦔ (ṡiingk̇ṗo)
• Macedonian: Сингапур (mk) m (Singapur)
• Malay: Singapura (ms), Temasik (colloquial)

  Jawi: سيڠاڤورا (ms)

• Malayalam: സിംഗപ്പൂർ (siṅgappūṟ)
• Maltese: is-Singapor
• Māori: Hingapoa
• Marathi: सिंगापूर m (siṅgāpūr)
• Mingrelian: სინგაპური (singaṗuri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сингапур (Singapur)

  Mongolian script: ᠰᠢᠩᠭᠠᠫᠤᠷ (singɣapur)

• Navajo: Sį́ʼgaboo
• Nepali: सिङ्गापुर (siṅgāpura)
• Norman: Sîngapour m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Singapore (no) n

• Occitan: Singapor (oc) m
• Odia: ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର (siṅgāpura)
• Paiwan: Singapura
• Pashto: سينگاپور m (singāpūr)
• Persian:

  Dari: سِینْگَاپُور (sīngāpūr), سَنْگَاپُور (sangāpūr)

  Iranian Persian: سَنْگاپور (sangâpur)

• Polish: Singapur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Singapura (pt) f, (obsolete) Cingapura (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ (pa) m (siṅgāpur)

• Romanian: Singapore (ro)
• Russian: Сингапу́р (ru) m (Singapúr)
• Samogitian: Singapūrs
• Sanskrit: सिंहपुर (sa) (siṃhá-pura)
• Santali: ᱥᱤᱝᱜᱟᱯᱩᱨ (siṅgapur)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сѝнгапӯр m

  Latin: Sìngapūr (sh) m

• Sindhi: سنگاپور (s̃gāpor)
• Sinhalese: සිංගප්පූරුව (si) (siṁgappūruwa)
• Slovak: Singapur m
• Slovene: Singapur (sl) m
• Spanish: Singapur (es) m
• Swedish: Singapore (sv) n
• Tagalog: Singgapur, Singapura
• Tajik: Сингапур (Singapur)
• Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் (ta) (ciṅkappūr)
• Tatar: Сингапур (Sinğapur)
• Telugu: సింగపూర్ (te) (siṅgapūr)
• Thai: สิงคโปร์ (th) (sǐng-ká-bpoo)
• Tibetan: སེང་ག་ཕོར (seng ga phor)
• Turkish: Singapur (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: سنغاپور (sengapur)

• Turkmen: Singapur
• Ukrainian: Сінгапу́р (uk) m (Sinhapúr), Сингапу́р m (Synhapúr), Сінґапу́р m (Singapúr), Синґапу́р m (Syngapúr)
• Urdu: سِن٘گاپُور m (siṅgāpūr)
• Uyghur: سىنگاپور (sin'gapor)
• Uzbek: Singapur (uz)
• Vietnamese: Tân Gia Ba (新加坡), Xin-ga-po, Xing-ga-po, Sing (colloquial)
• Welsh: Singapôr
• Yiddish: סינגאַפּור (singapur)
• Yoruba: Singapo
• Zhuang: Sinhgyahboh

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Asia (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Cambodia
• China
• Cyprus
• East Timor
• Egypt
• Georgia
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Sri Lanka
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yemen

Noun

Singapore (uncountable)

1. 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

1. 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

Inflection of Singapore (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Singapore	—
genitive		Singaporen	—
partitive		Singaporea	—
illative		Singaporeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Singapore	—
accusative	nom.	Singapore	—
	gen.	Singaporen
genitive		Singaporen	—
partitive		Singaporea	—
inessive		Singaporessa	—
elative		Singaporesta	—
illative		Singaporeen	—
adessive		Singaporella	—
ablative		Singaporelta	—
allative		Singaporelle	—
essive		Singaporena	—
translative		Singaporeksi	—
abessive		Singaporetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Singapore (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Singaporeni — accusative nom. Singaporeni — gen. Singaporeni genitive Singaporeni — partitive Singaporeani — inessive Singaporessani — elative Singaporestani — illative Singaporeeni — adessive Singaporellani — ablative Singaporeltani — allative Singaporelleni — essive Singaporenani — translative Singaporekseni — abessive Singaporettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Singaporesi — accusative nom. Singaporesi — gen. Singaporesi genitive Singaporesi — partitive Singaporeasi — inessive Singaporessasi — elative Singaporestasi — illative Singaporeesi — adessive Singaporellasi — ablative Singaporeltasi — allative Singaporellesi — essive Singaporenasi — translative Singaporeksesi — abessive Singaporettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Singaporemme — accusative nom. Singaporemme — gen. Singaporemme genitive Singaporemme — partitive Singaporeamme — inessive Singaporessamme — elative Singaporestamme — illative Singaporeemme — adessive Singaporellamme — ablative Singaporeltamme — allative Singaporellemme — essive Singaporenamme — translative Singaporeksemme — abessive Singaporettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Singaporenne — accusative nom. Singaporenne — gen. Singaporenne genitive Singaporenne — partitive Singaporeanne — inessive Singaporessanne — elative Singaporestanne — illative Singaporeenne — adessive Singaporellanne — ablative Singaporeltanne — allative Singaporellenne — essive Singaporenanne — translative Singaporeksenne — abessive Singaporettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Singaporensa — accusative nom. Singaporensa — gen. Singaporensa genitive Singaporensa — partitive Singaporeaan Singaporeansa — inessive Singaporessaan Singaporessansa — elative Singaporestaan Singaporestansa — illative Singaporeensa — adessive Singaporellaan Singaporellansa — ablative Singaporeltaan Singaporeltansa — allative Singaporelleen Singaporellensa — essive Singaporenaan Singaporenansa — translative Singaporekseen Singaporeksensa — abessive Singaporettaan Singaporettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• singaporelainen

French

Proper noun

Singapore ?

1. obsolete form of Singapour

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sin.ɡaˈpo.re/
• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: Sin‧ga‧pó‧re

Proper noun

Singapore m

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Singapore n (genitive Singapores)

1. 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

countries in Asia: Asiens länder (appendix)edit

• Afghanistan
• Armenien
• Azerbajdzjan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cypern
• Filippinerna
• Förenade arabemiraten
• Georgien
• Indien
• Indonesien
• Irak
• Iran
• Israel
• Japan
• Jemen
• Jordanien
• Kambodja
• Kazakstan
• Kina
• Kirgizistan
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Libanon
• Malaysia
• Maldiverna
• Mongoliet
• Nepal
• Nordkorea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Ryssland
• Saudiarabien
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sydkorea
• Syrien
• Tadzjikistan
• Thailand
• Turkiet
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Östtimor

Further reading

• “Singapore”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH