Origins of road names & places in S'pore

• Short Ninja

  18 Jan 10, 14:35

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Then you library lor.

  

  
  ok la but now i have to go home first......to be continued!

• Rock^Star

  18 Jan 10, 14:52

  toa payoh means big swamp in hokkien. pasir panjang means long stretch of sand in malay. tanah merah means red land.

  Here are two roads which sound really wrong: foch road and koek road lol.

   

   

• Chew Bakar

  18 Jan 10, 15:14

  Joo Chiat Road is named after Chew Joo Chiat, a plantation owner.

   

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  18 Jan 10, 15:17

   

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Joo Chiat Road is named after Chew Joo Chiat, a plantation owner.

   

  
  not Bakar?

• noahnoah

  18 Jan 10, 15:17

   

  oxley road is name after

  a lot of high flyers from there

  grad from oxford U one de

• Chew Bakar

  18 Jan 10, 15:22

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Joo Chiat Road is named after Chew Joo Chiat, a plantation owner.

   

  also known as King of Katong.

  

• Chew Bakar

  18 Jan 10, 15:23

  Originally posted by noahnoah:

   

  oxley road is name after

  a lot of high flyers from there

  grad from oxford U one de

  Named after Dr. Thomas Oxley, the owner of Killiney Plantations then.

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  18 Jan 10, 15:26

  Chew ish lao jiao...

  dun play play ah...

  

• Chew Bakar

  18 Jan 10, 15:27

  Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:

  
  not Bakar?

  Lorong Bakar Batu.

• TownLink 291

  18 Jan 10, 17:14

  Tampines the name cum from Tampin tree. thus tampines.

• jayh272416

  18 Jan 10, 17:19

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Lorong Bakar Batu.

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• JJxJJ

  18 Jan 10, 19:52

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Ah Soo is probably is a misspelled or localised spelling of Aroozoo, an early Jewish settler in the Hougang area.

  Aroozoo is portugese... a creole corruption of araujo

• RoyFang

  18 Jan 10, 20:00

  Aljunied Road was officially named in 1926 after Syed Omar bin Ali Al Junied (died 1852) which the area gets it's name from (Alijunied).

  Geylang possibly derived from Hokkien "鸡笼“.

• mancha

  18 Jan 10, 21:30

  Who is the Ho Ching of Ho Ching Road?

• Short Ninja

  18 Jan 10, 23:37

  What is hougang? A japanese girl would giggle to that for sure cuz it means outdoor sex in a japanese slang.

• sm93

  18 Jan 10, 23:48

  buangkok? buang means throw in malay, kok is haha  you knw what it is

• Ajen

  18 Jan 10, 23:52

  Bukit Merah.
  Legend - A hero who slept at the top of the hill kena kill by bad guys.
  then, the hero blood slowly spill down the hill.
  
  Bukit Merah

• RoyFang

  18 Jan 10, 23:58

  Originally posted by Ajen:

  Bukit Merah.
  Legend - A hero who slept at the top of the hill kena kill by bad guys.
  then, the hero blood slowly spill down the hill.
  
  Bukit Merah

  reminds me of the story about a hero who fought off swordfishes that were attacking a village...lol

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:14

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  What is hougang? A japanese girl would giggle to that for sure cuz it means outdoor sex in a japanese slang.

  

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:15

  Originally posted by JJxJJ:

  Aroozoo is portugese... a creole corruption of araujo

  Thanks for the correction.

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:16

  Originally posted by Short Ninja:

  No but after he dies there will be many named after him.

  
  What road name?  Is it Dictator Road?

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:17

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  What road name?  Is it Dictator Road?

  Change Depot Road to Despot Road.

  

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:19

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Change Depot Road to Despot Road.

  

  
  Plural, Despots Road

  

• Chew Bakar

  19 Jan 10, 00:21

  Originally posted by Fantagf:

  
  Plural, Despots Road

  

  Can always have Despot Ave1, Ave 2 etc..

  

• Fantagf

  19 Jan 10, 00:25

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  Can always have Despot Ave1, Ave 2 etc..

  

  
  so ma fan

  For your info, there is already a ho ching road somewhere in Jurong