Singapore
/ˈsɪŋəpɔː/
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Australia/ˈsɪŋəpoː/
Singapore proper noun: an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.
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 and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.
- "Singapore just feels like a hollow city compared to Malaysia," the reluctant Sinkie declared. […] He added that Singapore life is dull compared to Malaysia's.2023 March 16, Julia Yee, “Redditor calls S'pore 'hollow', 'cold' & 'claustrophobic', says M'sia is better place to live”, in Mothership, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2023
Noun
Singapore (uncountable)
- Singapore-style noodles
Singapore meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Singapore in Hindi
- an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- सिंगापुर siṅgāpur
Singapore in Tamil
- an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- சிங்கப்பூர் ciṅkappūr
Singapore in Marathi
- an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- सिंगापूर siṅgāpūr
Singapore in Urdu
- an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- سِن٘گاپُور siṅgāpūr
More languagesFewer languages
- Singapore in Bengali
- সিঙ্গাপুর śiṅgapur
- Singapore in Telugu
- సింగపూర్ siṅgapūr
- Singapore in Malayalam
- സിംഗപ്പൂർ siṅgappūṟ
- Singapore in Kannada
- ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ siṅgāpura
- Singapore in Punjabi
- ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ siṅgāpur
- Singapore in Gujarati
- સિંગાપુર siṅgāpur
- Singapore in Odia
- ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର siṅgāpura
- Singapore in Sanskrit
- सिंहपुर siṃhá-pura
- Singapore in Sinhala
- සිංගප්පූරුව siṁgappūruwa
- Singapore in Assamese
- ছিংগাপুৰ siṅgapur
- Singapore in Nepali
- सिङ्गापुर siṅgāpura
- Singapore in Pashto
- سينگاپور singāpūr
- Singapore in Tagalog
- Singgapur, Singapura
- Singapore in Arabic
- سِنْغَافُورَة sinḡāfūra
- Singapore in Malay
- Singapura, Temasik
- Singapore in Indonesian
- Singapura
- Singapore in Thai
- สิงคโปร์ sǐng-ká-bpoo
- Singapore in Vietnamese
- Tân Gia Ba, Xin-ga-po, Xing-ga-po, Sing
- Singapore in Myanmar
- စင်ကာပူ cangkapu, စင်္ကာပူ cangkapu
- Sindhi
- سنگاپور s̃gāpor
- Dhivehi
- ސިންގަޕޫރު sin̊gapūru
Synonyms of Singapore
Origin of Singapore
From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Words formed from Singapore
- Hongapore
- SIJORI
- Singaporan
- Singaporean
- Singaporeanization
- Singaporeanize
- Singapore blue
- Singapore blue tarantula
- Singapore English
- Singapore fried noodles
- Singapore grip
- Singapore Inc
- Singapore noodles
- Singapore-on-Thames
- Singapore-on-the-Thames
- Singaporese
- Singaporesque
- Singapore-style noodles
- Singapore-upon-Thames
- Singaporize
- Singlish
- Sinkie
- S'pore
Phrases with Singapore
Questions about Singapore
- What does Singapore mean?
- Singapore means an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.
- What is Singapore in Hindi?
- Singapore in Hindi is सिंगापुर (siṅgāpur). See Singapore meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Singapore?
- Singapore can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Singapore?
- Singapore is pronounced /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/ (UK).
Words near Singapore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Singapore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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