សិង្ហបុរី

Khmer

Alternative forms

• សាំងកាប៉ូ (sangkaapou)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic សិង្ហបុរី siṅ̥hpurī Phonemic សិង-ហៈ-បុ-រ៉ី siṅ-h`-pu-r″ī WT romanisation sənghaʼborəy (standard) IPA(key) /səŋ.haʔ.ɓo.rəj/

Proper noun

សិង្ហបុរី • (sənghaʼborəy)

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)