Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. Check marks indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
 
not set
Type Settlement
Usage Malay, English
Scripts بوکيت تيمه‎(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced Pron. /bu.kɪt.ˈti.mah/(Malay)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Literally means "tin hill" in Malay, from bukit meaning "hill" and timah meaning "tin". However, the name is more likely a corrupted form of the original Malay name Bukit Temak meaning "temak hill", from bukit meaning "hill" and temak referring to a type of tree (genus Shorea). This is the name of a planning area and residential estate in Singapore.
Added 4/3/2023 by anonymous