シンガポール

Japanese

Alternative spelling
新嘉坡 (obsolete)

Etymology

From English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ पुर (pura, “city”). Doublet of シンガプーラ (shingapūra).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) シンガポール [shìńgápóꜜòrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩŋɡa̠po̞ːɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

シンガポール • (Shingapōru) 

  1. Singapore (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))

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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