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Definition of Singapore

1. Noun. The capital of Singapore; one of the world's biggest ports.

2. Noun. A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965.

3. Noun. An island to the south of the Malay Peninsula.

Definition of Singapore

1. Proper noun. Country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Singapore. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Singapore

Sinapis arvensis Sinatra Sinbad Sinbad the Sailor Sinclair Sinclair Lewis Sindarin Sindbis fever Sindbis virus Sindh

Sindhi Sinead Sinendé Sinequan Singan Singapore (current term) Singapore dollar Singapore dollars Singaporean Singaporeans

Singapura Singaraja Singh Singhalese Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Singlish Sinhala Sinhalese Sini Sinic

Literary usage of Singapore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"Singapore Singapore is a city of a quarter of a million people, pleasantly stretched out for ... There is no other city like Singapore in the whole world. ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"Singapore, an island of British India, situated at the S. extremity of the Malay peninsula, separated from the mainland by a strait from J to 2 m. wide; ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"Among the public buildings are the Singapore institution for the study of the ... Of the inhabitants of Singapore in 1871, 74351 were males and 22763 ..."

4. Human Resources for Science and Technology: The Asian Region by Jean M. Johnson (1993)
"Singapore Singapore has achieved remarkable economic growth because of its ... In the 1960s, Singapore began to attract multinational corporations and ..."

5. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine by Freeman Hunt (1847)
"We have now before as, a copy of " The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile ... From the " Singapore Price Current," we have also the record of the amount of ..."

6. Indonesia's Fires and Haze: The Cost of Catastrophe by David Glover, Timothy Jessup (1999)
"L. Hon The haze is not a new phenomenon for Southeast Asia or for Singapore. It has been a yearly occurrence since 1994, though it has varied in severity ..."

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