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Kallang Wave
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Kallang wave
English
Alternative forms
en Kallang wave
Etymology
A Singapore variant of the Mexican wave. Kallang is the location of a football stadium in Singapore.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkɑːlɑːŋ weɪv/
Noun
1
en Singapore en Mexican wave.
en August 19, 1991 S Gulam The New Paper 36 THANK goodness for the Kallang Roar and the Kallang Wave.
en August 18, 1997 Bertha Henson The New Paper 20 Beyond the fact that it's a free show, with great fireworks and a goodie-filled fun-pack thrown in, it's the atmosphere, the Kallang Wave and feeling the joy of being Singaporean.
en April 20, 2007 Jeanine Tan Today Newspaper 60 The Kallang Wave is not so much about the National Stadium as it is about the symbolism of local football's diminishing importance to a populace seemingly obsessed with material success.
en 2014 Aaron Koh Social and Tech (blog entry) The biggest satisfaction was to do the Kallang Wave again, after so many years, and it was even better as I waved with my son for the first time.
Synonyms
en audience wave US
en crowd wave US
en Mexican wave
en wave US