Singapore

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/, /sɪŋəˈpɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋʌpɔː/, /ˈsɪŋə-/, [ˈsɪŋ˧.ʌ.pɔ˦], [-ɔː˦˧]
• (dated) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/, /sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/

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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. Official name: Republic of Singapore.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Singaporean
• Singaporeanization
• Singaporeanize
• Singapore English
• Singapore-on-Thames
• Singlish
• S'pore

 

Translations

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia

• Afrikaans: Singapoer
• Albanian: Singapur m
• Amharic: ሲንጋፖር (singapor)
• Arabic: سِنْغَافُورَة‎ (ar) f (sinḡāfūra)

  Hijazi Arabic: سِنْقافورة‎ f (singāfōra, singāfūra)

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

  Cantonese: 新加坡 (san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹, san¹ gaa^1-3 po¹), 星加坡 (sing¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹)

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

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

  Min Dong: 新嘉波 (Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤)

  Min Nan: 新加坡 (Sin-ka-pho)

  Wu: 新加坡 (¹shin-ka-phu)

• Czech: Singapur (cs) m
• Danish: Singapore
• Dutch: Singapore (nl) n
• Esperanto: Singapuro (eo)
• Estonian: Singapur (et)
• 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) (siṅgāpur)
• Hungarian: Szingapúr (hu)
• Icelandic: Singapúr (is) n
• Ido: Singapur (io)
• Indonesian: Singapura (id)
• Interlingua: Singapur, Singapore
• Irish: Singeapór m, Poblacht Shingeapór f
• Italian: Singapore (it) f
• Japanese: シンガポール (ja) (Shingapōru) (新嘉坡 (ja)), 昭南 (しょうなん)
• Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ (kn) (siṅgāpura)
• Kazakh: Сингапур (kk) (Siñapur)
• Khmer: សិង្ហបុរី (km) (sənghaʼborəy), សាំងកាប៉ូ (sangkaapou)
• Korean: 싱가포르 (ko) (singgaporeu)
• Kyrgyz: Сингапур (Singapur)
• Lao: ສິງກະໂປ (lo) (sing ka pō)
• Latvian: Singapūra f
• Lithuanian: Singapūras (lt) m
• Lü: ᦉᦲᧂᦂᦷᦔ (ṡiingk̇ṗo)
• Macedonian: Сингапур (mk) m (Singapur)
• Malay: Singapura سيڠاڤورا‎, Temasik (colloquial)
• Malayalam: സിംഗപ്പൂർ (siṅgappūṟ)
• Maltese: is-Singapor
• Maori: Hingapoa
• Marathi: सिंगापूर m (siṅgāpūr)
• Mingrelian: სინგაპური (singaṗuri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сингапур (Singapur)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠩᠭᠠᠫᠤᠷ (siŋɣapur)

• Navajo: Sį́ʼgaboo
• Norman: Sîngapour m
• Norwegian: Singapore (no)
• Paiwan: Singapura
• Pashto: سينگاپور‎
• Persian: سنگاپور‎ (sangâpur)
• Polish: Singapur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Singapura (pt) f, (obsolete) Cingapura (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ (pa) (siṅgāpur)
• Romanian: Singapore (ro)
• Russian: Сингапу́р (ru) m (Singapúr)
• Rusyn: Сінґапу́р m (Singapúr)
• Samogitian: Singapūrs
• Sanskrit: सिंहपुर (sa) (siṃhá-pura)
• Santali: ᱥᱤᱝᱜᱟᱯᱩᱨ (siṅgapur)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сингапур m

  Roman: Singapur (sh) m

• Sindhi: سنگاپور‎
• Sinhalese: සිංගප්පූරුව (si) (siṁgappūruwa)
• Slovak: Singapur m
• Slovene: Singapur (sl) m
• Spanish: Singapur (es) m
• Swedish: Singapore (sv)
• Tagalog: Singgapur, Singapura
• Tajik: Сингапур (Singapur)
• Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் (ta) (ciṅkappūr)
• Tatar: Сингапур (Singapur)
• Telugu: సింగపూర్ (te) (siṅgapūr)
• Thai: สิงคโปร์ (th) (sǐng-ká-bpoo)
• Tibetan: སེང་ག་ཕོར (seng ga phor)
• Turkish: Singapur (tr)
• Turkmen: Singapur
• Ukrainian: Сінгапу́р (uk) m (Sinhapúr), Сингапу́р m (Synhapúr), Сінґапу́р m (Singapúr), Синґапу́р m (Syngapúr)
• Urdu: سنگاپور‎ (siṅgāpūr)
• Uyghur: سىنگاپور‎ (sin'gapor)
• Uzbek: Singapur (uz)
• Vietnamese: Tân Gia Ba, Xin-ga-po
• Welsh: Singapôr
• Yiddish: סינגאַפּור‎ (singapur)
• Yoruba: Singapo
• Zhuang: Sinhgyahboh

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, 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

Anagrams

• resoaping

Finnish

Etymology

From English Singapore, from Malay Singapura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋːɑpore/, [ˈs̠iŋːɑ̝ˌpo̞re̞]
• Rhymes: -ore
• Syllabification^(key): Sin‧ga‧po‧re

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia)

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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Singaporetta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Singapore (type nalle)

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 — instructive — — abessive Singaporettani — 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 — instructive — — abessive Singaporettasi — 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 — instructive — — abessive Singaporettamme — 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 — instructive — — abessive Singaporettanne — 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 — instructive — — abessive Singaporettaan Singaporettansa — comitative — —

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)

Derived terms

• singaporiano

Anagrams

• riesponga, saprogeni, spaginerò, sporigena, spregiano

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪn.ɡaˈpɔː.rɛ/

Proper noun

Is-Singapore m

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia)

   Synonym: Repubblika ta’ Singapore

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• singaporer
• singaporsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• singaporar
• singaporsk

Swedish

Proper noun

Singapore n (genitive Singapores)

1. Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia)

Related terms

• singaporian
• singaporiansk