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Singapore-upon-Thames

Singapore-upon-Thames is the alternative form of Singapore-on-Thames.

Meaning of Singapore-on-Thames

Proper noun

Singapore-on-Thames

  1. (UK) A proposed model for the United Kingdom after Brexit, involving laissez-faire free trade unencumbered by regulation.
    • The idea that London might have a post-Brexit future as a kind of deregulated “Singapore-on-Thames” is one of the more curious notions to have emerged in the three and a half years since the UK’s citizens voted narrowly to leave the EU in the fateful June 2016 referendum.2019 December 17, Howard Davies, “Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about Singapore-upon-Thames

What is Singapore-upon-Thames the alternative form of?
Singapore-upon-Thames is the alternative form of Singapore-on-Thames.

Words near Singapore-upon-Thames in the dictionary

  1. Singapore slings
  2. Singapore Strait
  3. Singapore-on-Thames
  4. Singapore-on-the-Thames
  5. Singapore-style noodles
  6. Singapore-upon-Thames
  7. Singaporean
  8. Singaporean core
  9. Singaporean English
  10. Singaporeanism
  11. Singaporeanisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Singapore-upon-Thames (page history and authors); Singapore-on-Thames (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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