Singaporean

English 2025 August 9 Etymology vertical Singapore flag 4.jpg Singaporean national flags (en pertaining to Singapore) installed in celebration of the nation’s National Day on 9 August 2014. Yusof Ishak in NCC, 1920s (cropped).png A 1920s photograph of Yusof Ishak, a Singaporean (en person from Singapore) who was a civil servant and later became the first President of Singapore. From en Singapore island and city-state in Southeast Asia -an suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns.adj. and n 1148852800 July 2023 1; adj. and n 1 Pronunciation en /sɪŋ.(ɡ)əˈpɔː.ɹi.ən/ RP en /ˌsɪŋ.(ɡ)əˈpo.ɹi.ən/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wreaderick-Singaporean.wav GA /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəˈpo.ɹi.ən/ en ɔːɹiən 5 en Sin ga po re an Adjective en pertaining to Singapore Of, pertaining to, or from Singapore, or its language or people. en S'porean<q:abbreviation> en 1843 November 15 (date written) “a sportsman” [pseudonym] Correspondence [William Napier] The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser Singapore Printed by G. M. Frederick at the Singapore Free Press Office,High-Street. 16 November 1843 8, no. 46 CCCCXXV 3 https://archive.org/details/singaporefreepre00sing/page/n256/mode/1up 1 556449014 About mid-day, yesterday, intelligence was received in? Town that a Tiger had been kidnapped about three miles out in the Country, or jungle, No sooner had the news spread abroad than Offices and high stools were abandoned and such a furbishing up of rusty fire arms took place as had not been witnessed since the foundation of the City. Any one ignorant of the cause might have supposed from the long array of armed hack palankeen carriages that some unknown enemy had landed in the back settlements of Bukit Timah and that nothing but the flower of Singaporean chivalry could serve to stem the torrent of invasion. en 1880 F[rederick] W[illiam] Burbidge Singapore The Gardens of the Sun: Or A Naturalist’s Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago London John Murray,Albemarle Street. 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=0RUrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 752744761 In Singaporean gardens the rarest of moth orchids are planted in cocoanut-shells and hung from the verandahs, or placed on the mango or orange trees on the lawn, where they soon establish themselves. How many English orchid amateurs would wish for such a genial clime. en 2020 Chan Joon Yee What Do I Eat? Not Quite over the Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and beyond [S.l.] Dewdrop Books Below is an example of a typical Singaporean "bento", often wolfed down next to the computer. It's prepared from lots of lousy cooking oil, preserved vegetables, soggy low-quality rice and omelette with more air and oil than egg inside. Derived terms en Singlish Singaporean core Singaporean English Singaporeanism Singaporeanize Singaporeanization Singaporeanness S'porean Translations of, from, or pertaining to Singapore, or its language or people Afrikaans: af Singapoerees, af Singapoers Arabic: ar سِنْغَافُورِيّ Asturian: ast singapuranu Bulgarian: bg сингапурски Catalan: ca singapurès Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新加坡的 Xīnjiāpō de Czech: cs singapurský Danish: da singaporeansk Dutch: nl Singaporees Finnish: fi singaporelainen French: fr singapourien Georgian: ka სინგაპურული German: de singapurisch Hebrew: he סִינְגָּפּוּרִי m singapúri, he סִינְגָּפּוּרִית f singapúrit Hindi: hi सिंगापुरी Hungarian: hu szingapúri Indonesian: id Singapura Irish: ga Singeapórach Italian: it singaporiano Japanese: ja シンガポール シンガポールの Shingapōru-no Javanese: jv Singapura Kazakh: kk сингапурлық Korean: ko 싱가포르 ^싱가포르-의 Macedonian: mk сингапурски Malay: ms Singapura Norwegian: Bokmål: nb singaporsk Nynorsk: nn singaporsk Polish: pl singapurski Portuguese: pt singapurense, pt singapuriano Romanian: ro singaporez Russian: ru сингапу́рский Spanish: es singapurense Swedish: sv singaporiansk Ukrainian: uk Noun en person from Singapore A person from Singapore, or descended from such a person. en S'porean<q:abbreviation> en 28 December 1837 Report of the Singapore Free Schools Singapore Institution Free School. Fourth Annual Report. 1837–38.With Appendix and Catalogue of Books Now in the Library. Singapore Printed at the Singapore Free Press Office 1838 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=gRQDAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA6-PA6 416715590 [T]he second place was warmly contested by a lad from Macao and a Singaporean, and after a separate examination in History, Astronomy and Geography, in which some very difficult questions were put by the examiners generally, assisted by Dr. William Montgomerie—it was decided in favour of the former. Quoted from the Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (28 December 1837). en 1846 G. F. Davidson Singapore Trade and Travel in the Far East; or Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China London Madden and Malcolm,Leadenhall Street. 43 https://archive.org/details/tradetravelinfar00davi/page/43/mode/1up 906472486 A great deal has been done for Singapore by gangs of convicts from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, who, under an experienced and able superintendent, have cut and made excellent roads, that now extend east, west, north, and south, for several miles. [T]hey the roads also add much to the enjoyment of the Singaporean, by enabling him to extend his ride or drive of an evening. en 1872 October S. T. Foreign Items Samuel J[ones] Smith The Siam Repository, Containing a Summary of Asiatic Intelligence Bangkok S. J. Smith’s place 4 4 394 https://books.google.com/books?id=pFVFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA394 2 6849334 We beg to call the attention of the community to a most interesting book which is proposed to be published by Mr. John Thomson, F.R.G.S., who is an old Singaporean and who will be known to many here by his account and photographs of the lost cities of Cambodia. en 23 June 1996 Magdalene Lum 40 good years dishing up chilli crabs The Sunday Times Singapore w:Singapore Press Holdings Sunday Plus section 5 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960623-1.1.65 1 220735871 Many Singaporeans have fond memories of eating chilli crabs and cockles at its Upper East Coast Road premises, not far from the old Bedok Road, as recently as the early '80s. en 20 January 1997 Ser Meng Tay Singapore: A nation in denial? [letter] w:Stephen B. Shepard BusinessWeek Asian New York, N.Y. The McGraw-Hill Companies 5 https://archive.org/details/businessweekjanu0001csis/page/n218/mode/1up 2 0007-7135 793532153 I am a Singaporean, and I lived on the island for 20 years before coming to the United States for my college education. en 2009 Beatrice Batnag Donofrio; Lawrence Wheeler 1000+ Indigenous Tasty Cu[i]sine of 23 Asian Countries [Bloomington, Ind.] w:Xlibris 565 978-1-4628-4205-6 Chili Crabs or Lobster: This is a popular dish amongst Singaporeans. It is also a common feature in the menus of famous seafood restaurants (along East Coast and Punggol). Derived terms en S'porean Translations person from Singapore, or descended from such a person Afrikaans: af Singapoerees Arabic: ar سِنْغَافُورِيّ m, ar سِنْغَافُورِيَّة f Asturian: ast singapuranu m, ast singapurana f Catalan: ca singapurès m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新加坡人 Xīnjiāpōrén Czech: cs Singapuřan m, cs Singapurec m, cs Singapurka f Danish: da singaporeaner Dutch: nl Singaporees m, nl Singaporese f Esperanto: eo singapurano m f, eo singapuranino f Finnish: fi singaporelainen French: fr Singapourien m, fr Singapourienne f Georgian: ka სინგაპურელი German: de Singapurer m, de Singapurerin f Hebrew: he סִינְגָּפּוּרִי m singapúri Hindi: hi सिंगापुरी m f Hungarian: hu szingapúri Irish: ga Singeapórach m Japanese: ja シンガポール人 シンガポールじん, Shingapōru-jin Kazakh: kk сингапурлық Korean: ko 싱가포르인, ko 싱가포르 사람 Latvian: lv singapūrietis m, lv singapūriete f Lithuanian: lt singapūrietis m, lt singapūrietė f Macedonian: mk Сингапурец m, mk Сингапурка f Malay: ms orang Singapura Norwegian: Bokmål: nb singaporer m Nynorsk: nn singaporar m Polish: pl Singapurczyk m, pl Singapurka f Portuguese: pt singapuriano m Romanian: ro singaporez m, ro singaporeză f Russian: ru сингапу́рец m, ru сингапу́рка f Spanish: es singapurense m f Swedish: sv singaporian c Turkish: tr Singapurlu Ukrainian: uk References Further reading Singaporeans en Nationalities Singapore