英语词汇singapore的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	singapore
词源	Singapore from Sanskrit Simhapuram "Lion City," from simhah "lion" (compare Singh) + puram "city," from PIE tpolh- "citadel, fortified high place" (see polis). The name is perhaps folk-etymology, or metaphoric of something, as no lions are found there. Related: Singaporean. The Singapore sling cocktail is attested from 1930; said on the island to have been invented there 1915 by a barman named Ngian Tong Dron. Entries linking to singapore* Singh common surname and middle name in North India, later (1699) adopted by Sikhs as a title after their initiation ceremony, also a surname adopted by male Sikhs; 1620s in English, from Hindi Singh, from Sanskrit simhah "lion." polis n. "ancient Greek city-state," 1894, from Greek polis, ptolis "citadel, fort, city, one's city; the state, community, citizens," from PIE *tpolh- "citadel; enclosed space, often on high ground; hilltop" (source also of Sanskrit pur, puram, genitive purah "city, citadel," Lithuanian pilis "fortress"). updated on November 05, 2022
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