叻埠

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Chinese

phonetic
 
a jetty; port; a city
a jetty; port; a city; quay
simp. and trad.
(叻埠) 		叻 埠

Etymology

叻 (lè) is short for short for 石叻 (Shílè), itself from Malay Malay selat (“strait”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

叻埠

  1. (regional, dated) Singapore

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 新加坡
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 新加坡
Malaysia 新加坡, 新國
Singapore 新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated
Cantonese Guangzhou 星加坡, 叻埠
Hong Kong 新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 星加坡
Penang (Guangfu) 星加坡
Singapore (Guangfu) 星加坡
Southern Min Xiamen 新加坡, 石叻 dated
Quanzhou 新加坡
Zhangzhou 新加坡
Penang (Hokkien) 新加坡, 實叻坡
Singapore (Hokkien) 新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated
Manila (Hokkien) 新加坡
Jieyang 石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated
Singapore (Teochew) 新加坡
Singapore (Hainanese) 新加坡
Wu Shanghai 新加坡
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