English Explanatory Dictionary

Toa Payoh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A planning area and new town in the Central Region of Singapore.

Pronunciation

/ˌtɔː ˈpɑːjəʊ/ /- ˈpaɪ.əʊ/ [ˌt(w)ɔː ˈpaː˧.jo(ː)˦] [ˌto(ː)-] [-jo(ː)˦˧]

Word forms

Toa Payoh

Etymology

From Hokkien 大巴窯 /大巴窑 (Tōa Pa-iô, “large swamp”). 巴窯 /巴窑 (Pa-iô) is itself a phonetic approximation of Malay paya (“swamp”).

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