Changi

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæŋ.i/, /ˈtʃɑːŋ.i/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaŋ.i/

Proper noun

Changi

1. A planning area located in the East Region of Singapore.
2. The main international airport of Singapore.

Translations

planning area

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樟宜 (Zhāngyí)

• Japanese: チャンギ (Changi)
• Korean: 창이 (chang'i)
• Malay: Changi
• Tamil: சாங்கி (cāṅki)

Anagrams

• Chiang, I-ch'ang, Ichang, aching