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Singapore

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/
  • Australian, British, Southern, Standard: /ˈsɪŋəpoː/
  • London: SSB Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈsəŋəpoː/
  • Scotland: /ˈsɪŋəpoɾ/
  • Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː/ without the NG-coalescence
  • Singapore: /ˈsɪŋəpɔː/
  • Singapore: /ˈsɪŋʌ-/
  • dated: /ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/
  • dated: /sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 NG AH0 P AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Singapore-style noodles

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Singapore Island

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: island

4

noun

Meaning 4

a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Republic of Singapore

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

5

noun

Meaning 5

the capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capital of Singapore

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Сингапур (Singapʼur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Afrikaans: Singapoer — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Albanian: Singapor — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Albanian: Singapori — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Amharic: ሲንጋፖር (singapor) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Arabic: سِنْغَافُورَة (sinḡāfūra) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Arabic: سِنْقافورة (singāfōra, singāfūra) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Armenian: Սինգապուր (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Assamese: ছিংগাপুৰ (siṅgapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Asturian: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Azerbaijani: Sinqapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Bashkir: Сингапур (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Belarusian: Сінгапу́р (Sinhapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Belarusian: Сынгапу́р (Synhapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Belarusian: Сынґапу́р (Syngapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Bengali: সিঙ্গাপুর (śiṅgapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Breton: Singapour — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Bulgarian: Сингапу́р (Singapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Burmese: စင်ကာပူ (cangkapu) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Burmese: စင်္ကာပူ (cangkapu) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Сінґапу́р (Singapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Catalan: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Chinese Cantonese: 新加坡 — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Chinese Cantonese: 星加坡 — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 新嘉波 (Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hakka Chinese: 新加坡 (Sîn-kâ-phô, Sîn-kâ-po, Sìn-kà-phô) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Chinese: 新加坡 (Sin-ka-pho) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新加坡 — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新國 /新国 (Xīnguó) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Wu Chinese: 新加坡 (1shin-ka-phu) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Czech: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Danish: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Dhivehi: ސިންގަޕޫރު (sin̊gapūru) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Dutch: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Esperanto: Singapuro — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Estonian: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Farefare: Sɩŋapɔra — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Faroese: Singapor — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Finnish: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • French: Singapour — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Friulian: Singapôr — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Galician: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Georgian: სინგაპური (singaṗuri) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • German: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Greek: Σιγκαπούρη (Sigkapoúri) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Gujarati: સિંગાપુર (siṅgāpur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hausa: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hawaiian: Sinapoa — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hebrew: סִינְגָּפּוּר (singapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hindi: सिंगापुर (siṅgāpur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Hungarian: Szingapúr — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Icelandic: Singapúr — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ido: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Indonesian: Singapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Interlingua: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Interlingua: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Irish: Singeapór — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Italian: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Japanese: シンガポール (Shingapōru) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Japanese: 昭南 (Shōnan) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Kannada: ಸಿಂಗಾಪುರ (siṅgāpura) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Kazakh: Сингапур (Siñapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Khmer: សិង្ហបុរី (sənghaʼborəy) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Khmer: សាំងកាប៉ូ (sangkaapou) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Korean: 싱가포르 (Singgaporeu) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Kyrgyz: Сингапур (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Lao: ສິງກະໂປ (sing ka pō) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Latvian: Singapūra — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Lithuanian: Singapūras — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • : ᦉᦲᧂᦂᦷᦔ (ṡiingk̇ṗo) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Macedonian: Сингапур (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Malay: Singapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Malay: Temasik — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Malay: سيڠاڤورا — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Malayalam: സിംഗപ്പൂർ (siṅgappūṟ) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Maltese: is-Singapor — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Māori: Hingapoa — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Marathi: सिंगापूर (siṅgāpūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Mingrelian: სინგაპური (singaṗuri) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Mongolian: Сингапур (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠩᠭᠠᠫᠤᠷ (singɣapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Navajo: Sį́ʼgaboo — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Nepali: सिङ्गापुर (siṅgāpura) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Norman: Sîngapour — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Occitan: Singapor — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Odia: ସିଙ୍ଗାପୁର (siṅgāpura) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Paiwan: Singapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Pashto: سينگاپور (singāpūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Dari: سِینْگَاپُور (sīngāpūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Dari: سَنْگَاپُور (sangāpūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Iranian Persian: سَنْگاپور (sangâpur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Polish: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Portuguese: Singapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Portuguese: Cingapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ (siṅgāpur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Romanian: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Russian: Сингапу́р (Singapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Samogitian: Singapūrs — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Sanskrit: सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Santali: ᱥᱤᱝᱜᱟᱯᱩᱨ (siṅgapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сѝнгапӯр — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sìngapūr — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Sindhi: سنگاپور (s̃gāpor) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Sinhalese: සිංගප්පූරුව (siṁgappūruwa) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Slovak: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Slovene: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Spanish: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Swedish: Singapore — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tagalog: Singgapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tagalog: Singapura — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tajik: Сингапур (Singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் (ciṅkappūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tatar: Сингапур (Sinğapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Telugu: సింగపూర్ (siṅgapūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Thai: สิงคโปร์ (sǐng-ká-bpoo) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Tibetan: སེང་ག་ཕོར (seng ga phor) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Turkish: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ottoman Turkish: سنغاپور (sengapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Turkmen: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ukrainian: Сінгапу́р (Sinhapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ukrainian: Сингапу́р (Synhapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ukrainian: Сінґапу́р (Singapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Ukrainian: Синґапу́р (Syngapúr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Urdu: سِن٘گاپُور (siṅgāpūr) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Uyghur: سىنگاپور (sin'gapor) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Uzbek: Singapur — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Vietnamese: Tân Gia Ba — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Vietnamese: Xin-ga-po — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Vietnamese: Xing-ga-po — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Vietnamese: Sing — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Welsh: Singapôr — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Yiddish: סינגאַפּור (singapur) — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Yoruba: Singapo — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
  • Zhuang: Sinhgyahboh — an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Real reading context

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