Singapore

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Type Country
Usage English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Tagalog
Pronounced Pron. SING-ə-pawr(American English)
 SING-ə-paw(British English)
 seen-ga-PO-reh(Italian)
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Contributor Contrib.highexpectasians on 5/29/2016
Last Editor Editorhighexpectasians on 4/18/2020  [revision history]

Meaning & History

From Malay Singapura, which is derived from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá) meaning "lion" and पुर (pura) "city". This is the name of an island city-state in Southeast Asia.