Meanings
proper noun
- 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.
"Singapore just feels like a hollow city compared to Malaysia," the reluctant Sinkie declared. […] He added that Singapore life is dull compared to Malaysia's.
2023 March 16, Julia Yee, “Redditor calls S'pore 'hollow', 'cold' & 'claustrophobic', says M'sia is better place to live”, in Mothership, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2023
nounSingapore (uncountable)
- uncountableSingapore-style noodles
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
- Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
- Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
- Sanskritपुर् (púr)
- Sanskritपुर (pura)
- MalaySingapura
- EnglishSingapore
From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
More words from Malay, Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Singapoer
- Singapoeran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Arabic سِنْغَافُورَة
- سِنْغَافُورَة (sinḡāfūra)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Bengali সিঙ্গাপুর
- সিঙ্গাপুর (śiṅgapur)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Bulgarian Сингапу́р
- Сингапу́р (Singapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Catalan Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Chinese Cantonese 新加坡, 星加坡
- 新加坡an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- 星加坡an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Chinese Mandarin 新加坡, 新國 /新国
- 新加坡an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- 新國 /新国 (Xīnguó)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Czech Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Danish Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Dutch Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Esperanto Singapuro
- Singapuroan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Estonian Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Finnish Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
French Singapour
- Singapouran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
German Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Greek Σιγκαπούρη
- Σιγκαπούρη (Sigkapoúri)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Hawaiian Sinapoa
- Sinapoaan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Hebrew סִינְגָּפּוּר
- סִינְגָּפּוּר (singapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Hindi सिंगापुर
- सिंगापुर (siṅgāpur)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Hungarian Szingapúr
- Szingapúran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Icelandic Singapúr
- Singapúran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Indonesian Singapura
- Singapuraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Irish Singeapór
- Singeapóran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Italian Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Japanese シンガポール, 昭南
- シンガポール (Shingapōru)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- 昭南 (Shōnan)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Korean 싱가포르
- 싱가포르 (Singgaporeu)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Latvian Singapūra
- Singapūraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Lithuanian Singapūras
- Singapūrasan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Malay Singapura, Temasik
- Singapuraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Temasikan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- سيڠاڤوراan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Māori Hingapoa
- Hingapoaan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Polish Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Portuguese Singapura, Cingapura
- Singapuraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Cingapuraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Punjabi ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ
- ਸਿੰਗਾਪੁਰ (siṅgāpur)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Romanian Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Russian Сингапу́р
- Сингапу́р (Singapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Slovak Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Spanish Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Swedish Singapore
- Singaporean island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Tagalog Singgapur, Singapura
- Singgapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Singapuraan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Tamil சிங்கப்பூர்
- சிங்கப்பூர் (ciṅkappūr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Thai สิงคโปร์
- สิงคโปร์ (sǐng-ká-bpoo)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Turkish Singapur
- Singapuran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Ukrainian Сінгапу́р, Сингапу́р
- Сінгапу́р (Sinhapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Сингапу́р (Synhapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Сінґапу́р (Singapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Синґапу́р (Syngapúr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Urdu سِن٘گاپُور
- سِن٘گاپُور (siṅgāpūr)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Vietnamese Tân Gia Ba, Xin-ga-po
- Tân Gia Baan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Xin-ga-poan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Xing-ga-poan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
- Singan island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Welsh Singapôr
- Singapôran island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Yiddish סינגאַפּור
- סינגאַפּור (singapur)an island and city-state in Southeast Asia
Cite this entry
APA
Singapore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singapore
MLA
“Singapore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singapore. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Singapore,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singapore.
Source: Singapore on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.