Singapor

See also: Singapôr

Faroese

Etymology

From English Singapore, via Malay singa (“lion”) and pura (“city”), from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”) and पुर (pura, “city”).

Proper noun

Singapor n

  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))

Occitan

Proper noun

Singapor m

  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))
    Holonym: Asia del Sud-Èst

Further reading

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 155
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