Singapore
English
Etymology
From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪŋəˈpɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋʌpɔː/, /ˈsɪŋə-/, [ˈsɪŋ˧.a˧.pɔ˦], [-ɔː˦˧]
- (dated) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/, /sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Singapore
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
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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
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiŋːɑpore/, [ˈs̠iŋːɑ̝ˌpo̞re̞]
- Rhymes: -ore
- Syllabification(key): Sin‧ga‧po‧re
Proper noun
Singapore
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
Declension
| Inflection of Singapore (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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. | |||
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Derived terms
French
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sin.ɡaˈpo.re/
- Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: Sin‧ga‧pó‧re
Proper noun
Singapore m
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
Derived terms
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɪn.ɡaˈpɔː.rɛ/
Proper noun
Is-Singapore m
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony; official name: Repubblika ta’ Singapore)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Singapore
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Singapore
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Singapore n (genitive Singapores)
- Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)
Related terms
- singaporian
- singaporiansk
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