Sengkang

English

Etymology

Named after an old road, Lorong Sengkang, from Hokkien 盛港 (Sêng-káng, “grand river”) or Malay sengkang (“crossbar, wedge”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕngʹ-käng, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛŋkɑːŋ/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈseŋ˧kaŋ˦], [-˦˧]

Proper noun

Sengkang

1. A planning area and new town in the northeast of Singapore.

Translations

town in Singapore

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 盛港 (Sêng-káng)

  Mandarin: 盛港 (Shènggǎng)

• Malay: Sengkang
• Tamil: செங்காங் (ceṅkāṅ)

Further reading

• Sengkang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• new towns of Singapore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia