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SINGAPORE ISLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Singapore Island mean?
• SINGAPORE ISLAND (noun)
The noun SINGAPORE ISLAND has 1 sense:
1. an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula
Familiarity information: SINGAPORE ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island to the south of the Malay Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Singapore; Singapore Island
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Singapore Island"):
Republic of Singapore; Singapore (a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965)
Holonyms ("Singapore Island" is a part of...):
South China Sea (a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons)
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