Asia

Singapour

Singapore

no article

Going there, being there

à Singapour

Coming from

de Singapour

Why

Singapour takes no article at all, so the preposition stays à, with nothing between it and the name: à Singapour.

The people

un Singapourien, une Singapourienne

Official languages

anglais, chinois (mandarin), malais, tamoul

Capital

Singapour →

Example

L'avion fait escale à Singapour.

The plane stops over in Singapore.

Worth knowing

Singapore is both the country and the city, and takes no article: à Singapour in both cases, never en Singapour.

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