Difference between revisions of "Toa Payoh"
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Revision as of 14:22, 29 September 2008
| Names | |
|---|---|
| English: | Toa Payoh |
| Chinese: | 大巴窑 |
| (Pinyin: | dàbāyáo) |
| Malay: | Toa Payoh |
| Tamil: | |
'Toa' in the Hokkien (Fujian) dialect of Chinese means 'big', but 'Payoh' –- and it's always spelt as a single word even though it consists of 2 syllables -– is a corruption of the Malay 'Paya'. Hence, Toa Payoh is a place name made up of a Hokkien Chinese adjective, qualifying a corrupted Malay noun.