Changi
专有名词
英文释义
专有名词
- A planning area located in the East Region of Singapore.
- The main international airport of Singapore.
词源
Uncertain. Several origins have been suggested:
* From Malay cengal (“Neobalanocarpus heimii, a kind of hardwood tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From Malay cengal pasir or cengal mata kucing (“Hopea sangal, a tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From the Malay name for a kind of spreading shrub found in the region (Thottea corymbosa).
Richard James Wilkinson records chěngai (cengai in modern orthography) as an alternative name for the cengal trees in A Malay–English Dictionary, originally published in 1901. In Singapore, chengai refers to the Neobalanocarpus heimii.
* From Malay cengal (“Neobalanocarpus heimii, a kind of hardwood tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From Malay cengal pasir or cengal mata kucing (“Hopea sangal, a tree in the dipterocarp family”).
* From the Malay name for a kind of spreading shrub found in the region (Thottea corymbosa).
Richard James Wilkinson records chěngai (cengai in modern orthography) as an alternative name for the cengal trees in A Malay–English Dictionary, originally published in 1901. In Singapore, chengai refers to the Neobalanocarpus heimii.
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