Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

singaporean core

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: sin-ga-pore-an -core
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Singaporeans having birthright citizenship because they are descended from settlers in Singapore prior to independence in 1965.

Example Sentences

"In his New Year’s Day Message 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted the need to maintain a strong Singaporean core in the country’s population policy."
"EP applications for selected firms with a “weaker Singaporean core of PMEs relative to others in their industry” will be scrutinised more closely."
"In an interview published by Time magazine on Thursday, Mr Lee said the country must have a solid Singaporean core."
""And that is a very tricky balancing act to do, because you must not have so many people coming in from the outside that your own local, Singaporean core is eroded.""

Etymology

Coined in the Singapore-government White Paper population policy in January 2013.

Questions

What does singaporean core mean?: Singaporeans having birthright citizenship because they are descended from settlers in Singapore prior to independence in 1965.
Where does singaporean core come from?: Coined in the Singapore-government White Paper population policy in January 2013.

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