name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Canada, General-American:/ˈsɪŋəpoɹ/
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New-Zealand:/ˈsəŋəpoː/
Scotland:/ˈsɪŋəpoɾ/
Midlands, Northern-England:/ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː/without the NG-coalescence
Singapore:/ˈsɪŋəpɔː/
Singapore:/ˈsɪŋʌ-/
dated:/ˈsɪŋɡəpɔː(ɹ)/
dated:/sɪŋɡəˈpɔː(ɹ)/
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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
Lü:
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