星架坡

Chinese

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星架坡

  1. (dated) Alternative name for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”).
    • 唐人星架坡 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      From: 1888, J. Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, page 28
      tong4 jan4 do1 lo3, heoi3 sing1 gaa3 bo1 gaa3. [Jyutping]
      They are mostly Chinese, who are going to Singapore.
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