新加坡
Chinese
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simp. and trad. (新加坡) | 新 | 加 | 坡 |
Etymology
Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
新加坡
- Singapore; (~共和國); Republic of Singapore
Synonyms
- (dated, still common in Cantonese) 星加坡 (Xīngjiāpō)
- 獅城/狮城 (Shīchéng, “Lion City”)
- (nickname) 星洲 (Xīngzhōu)
- (dated) 新嘉坡 (Xīnjiāpō)
- (dated) 星架坡 (Xīngjiàpō)
- (regional, dated) 石叻 (Shílè), 實叻/实叻, 實叻坡/实叻坡
- (regional, dated) 叻埠 (Lèbù)
Derived terms
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References
- Duffus, William (1883), “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245