新加坡

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(新加坡)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, lion) + पुर (pura, city).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

新加坡

  1. Singapore; (~共和國); Republic of Singapore

Synonyms

  • (dated, still common in Cantonese) 星加坡 (Xīngjiāpō)
  • 獅城狮城 (Shīchéng, “Lion City”)
  • (nickname) 星洲 (Xīngzhōu)
  • (dated) 新嘉坡 (Xīnjiāpō)
  • (dated) 星架坡 (Xīngjiàpō)
  • (regional, dated) 石叻 (Shílè), 實叻实叻, 實叻坡实叻坡
  • (regional, dated) 叻埠 (Lèbù)

Derived terms

References

  • Duffus, William (1883), “Singapore”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 245
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