Singapore

English

Etymology

FromMalaySingapura,fromSanskritसिंहपुर(siṃhá-pura),fromसिंह(siṃha,“lion”)+‎पुर(pura,“city”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/sɪŋəˈpɔː/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/
• (Singapore)IPA^(key):/ˈsɪŋəpɔː/,/ˈsɪŋʌ-/
• (dated)IPA^(key):/ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/,/sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/

• Audio(US):

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Proper noun

Singapore

2. An island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony. Official name:Republic of Singapore.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Singaporean
• Singaporeanization
• Singaporeanize
• Singapore English
• Singapore grip
• Singapore Inc
• Singapore-on-Thames
• Singapore-on-the-Thames
• Singapore-upon-Thames
• Singlish
• S'pore

Descendants

• →Japanese:シンガポール(Shingapōru)

Translations

an island and city-state in Southeast Asia

• Afrikaans:Singapoer
• Albanian:Singaporm,Singaporim(definite)
• Amharic:ሲንጋፖር(singapor)
• Arabic:سِنْغَافُورَة(ar)f(sinḡāfūra)

  Hijazi Arabic:سِنْقافورةf(singāfōra, singāfūra)

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

  Cantonese:Singapore(san¹gaa^1-3bo¹,san¹gaa^1-3po¹),Tinh thêm sườn núi(sing¹gaa^1-3bo¹)

  Eastern Min:Tân gia sóng(Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤)

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

  Hokkien:Singapore(Sin-ka-pho)

  Mandarin:Singapore(zh)(Xīnjiāpō),Tân quốc／Tân quốc(Xīnguó)

  Wu:Singapore(¹shin-ka-phu)

• Czech:Singapur(cs)m
• Danish:Singaporen
• Dhivehi:ސިންގަޕޫރު(sin̊gapūru)
• Dutch:Singapore(nl)n
• Esperanto:Singapuro(eo)
• Estonian:Singapur(et)
• Farefare:Sɩŋapɔra
• Faroese:Singaporn
• 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:Singeapórm
• Italian:Singapore(it)f
• Japanese:シンガポール(ja)(Shingapōru)(Tân gia sườn núi(ja)(シンガポール, Shingapōru)),Chiêu nam(しょうなん, Shōnan)(historical)
• 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(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
• Maori:Hingapoa
• Marathi:सिंगापूरm(siṅgāpūr)
• Mingrelian:სინგაპური(singaṗuri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:Сингапур(Singapur)

  Mongolian:ᠰᠢᠩᠭᠠᠫᠤᠷ(singɣapur)

• Navajo:Sį́ʼgaboo
• Nepali:सिङ्गापुर(siṅgāpura)
• Norman:Sîngapourm
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:Singapore(no)n

• Occitan:Singapor(oc)m
• Odia:ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର(siṅgāpura)
• Paiwan:Singapura
• Pashto:سينگاپورm(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:Сѝнгапӯрm

  Roman:Sìngapūr(sh)m

• Sindhi:سنگاپور
• Sinhalese:සිංගප්පූරුව(si)(siṁgappūruwa)
• Slovak:Singapurm
• Slovene:Singapur(sl)m
• Spanish:Singapur(es)m
• Swedish:Singapore(sv)n
• 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),Сингапу́рm(Synhapúr),Сінґапу́рm(Singapúr),Синґапу́рm(Syngapúr)
• Urdu:سِن٘گاپُورm(siṅgāpūr)
• Uyghur:سىنگاپور(sin'gapor)
• Uzbek:Singapur(uz)
• Vietnamese:Tân Gia Ba(Singapore),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 of Asia)countryofAsia;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

FromEnglishSingapore,fromMalaySingapura.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony)

Declension

InflectionofSingapore(Kotustype 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 formsofSingapore(Kotustype 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. Obsoleteform ofSingapour.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Singaporem

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony)

Derived terms

• singaporiano

Anagrams

• riesponga,saprogeni,spaginerò,sporigena,spregiano

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/sɪn.ɡaˈpɔː.rɛ/

Proper noun

Is-Singaporem

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony; official name:Repubblika ta’ Singapore)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony)

Related terms

• singaporer
• singaporsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Singapore

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony)

Related terms

• singaporar
• singaporsk

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Singaporen(genitiveSingapores)

1. Singapore(an island andcity-stateinSoutheast Asia,located off the southernmost tip of theMalayPeninsula; a formerBritishcrown colony)

Related terms

• singaporian
• singaporiansk
• singaporianska

Further reading

• SingaporeinSvenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok(12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH