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Singaporize
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English
Etymology
From en Singapore -ize. The former is from en ms Singapura, from en sa सिंहपुर siṃhá-pura, from sa सिंह lion पुर city y.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɪŋ.ə.pɔˌɹaɪz/ RP,GA
en /ˈsiŋ.əˌpɔ.ɹaɪz/ Singapore
Verb
To make or become like Singapore.
en Spiros Triantafyllopou 1996-07-27 misc.kids If we're going to self-Singaporize the newsgroup to the status of an AOL chat room, forget it. It does not work. Misc.kids.moderated - My (long,aimless,self-serving) thoughts
en Decay On Net blog October 13, 2007 How to cook instant Roti Prata I need to do something to Singaporize him. Maybe I'll blog about the instant Roti Prata that I usually eat at home. http://decayonnet.blogspot.com/2007/10/instant-roti-prata.html 17 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200317055439/http://decayonnet.blogspot.com/2007/10/instant-roti-prata.html 19 March 2020
13 March 2020 The coronavirus: my part in its downfall Edward Luce https://www.ft.com/content/4c892ed0-64ad-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea68b5 If the US could Singaporize on both counts, we could be through the worst within a month.
Related terms
en Singaporization
Translations
to become or make like Singapore
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 新加坡化 Xīnjiāpō huà
Hindi: hi सिंगापुरकरण f siṅgāpurkaraṇ
Japanese: ja シンガポール化 Shingapōru-ka, ja シンガポール化 Shingapōru-ka 新嘉坡化 ateji
Korean: ko 싱가포르화
Sanskrit: sa सिंहपुरभवन n सिंहपुरभवनम्, sa सिंहपुरता f
Tamil: ta சிங்கப்பூர் மயமாக்கல்