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Singapura

Singapura proper noun: a 14th-century Malay kingdom centered in modern-day Singapore.

singapura: a 14th-century Malay kingdom centered in modern-day Singapore
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Proper noun

Singapura

  1. (historical) A 14th-century Malay kingdom centered in modern-day Singapore.

Noun

Singapura (plural Singapuras)

  1. A domestic cat of a small breed with large eyes and ears, brown ticked coat and blunt tail.

Forms of Singapura

pluralSingapuras

Origin of Singapura

Derived from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).

Questions about Singapura

What does Singapura mean?
Singapura means a 14th-century Malay kingdom centered in modern-day Singapore.
What part of speech is Singapura?
Singapura can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Singapura in the dictionary

  1. Singaporization
  2. Singaporize
  3. Singaporized
  4. Singaporizes
  5. Singaporizing
  6. Singapura
  7. Singapuras
  8. singara
  9. Singaraja
  10. singaras
  11. Singareni

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Singapura (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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