芽笼
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 红色所显示的地区为Geylang |
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| 英语 | Geylang |
| 华语 | 芽笼 |
| (拼音) | Yálóng) |
| 马来语 | Geylang |
| 淡米尔语 | கேலாங் |
芽笼(Geylang),也称之为芽笼士乃(Geylang Serai)，是城市国家新加坡的一个邻区，在新加坡金融区以东，位于新加坡河的东部。
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[编辑] 词源说
The word Geylang is found early in Singapore's history. On Franklin and Jackson's plan, reproduced in John Crawfurd's 1828 book, Geylang appears as a river, referred to in the map as R. Gilang. The word Geylang is of Malay origin, and likely to be a corruption of the word kilang, meaning "press", "mill" or "factory". This may be due to the large number of processing factories for the coconut and lemongrass plantations in the area, and it could be that mills or presses operated on the coconut plantations to produce oil from copra.
Another possible origin to Geylang is the early presence of the fierce orang gallang tribe, one of the many orang laut tribal groups that lived along the coasts and rivers of Singapore island. The orang gallang were well-known for their piracy and pillaging of helpless craft in seas around Singapore island.
The other possible origin to the word "Geylang" is chinese Hokkien "鸡笼“, which means chicken cage.
[编辑] 历史
The neighbourhood has been the centre of Singapore's ethnic Malay community since Malays and Orang Lauts settled there after the British authorities dispersed their floating village at the mouth of the Singapore River in mid-19th century. By the latter half of the 1800s, the area has also become the congregation area of wealthy Malays and Arabs, particularly the Alsagoff, Alkaff and Aljunied families. In the 1930s, several exclusively Malay districts were formed, such as Kampong Melayu (Malay Village), later evolving into the today's Geylang Serai. A modern-day development called the Malay Village was created to replicate the history and heritage of this early settlement.
[编辑] 现代芽笼
Partly untouched by urban projects and developments and so far spared by the gentrification process that has changed the face of Singapore since the 1970s, Geylang's combination of shophouse scenery and hectic day and night life, including a (illegal) red-light district, foreign workers quarters and karaoke lounges provides an alternative view of elements the rest of modern Singapore generally does not have. Shophouses along Geylang Road are protected from redevelopment, and several famous eateries have sprung up along the major road.
[编辑] 交通
有多个MRT地铁站通向芽笼附近的地方，他们包括阿裕尼站，加冷站和巴耶利峇站。还有位于加冷规划地区的 芽笼1巷巴士终站提供多条交通线路。
[编辑] 参考资料
- Peter K G Dunlop (2000), Street Names of Singapore, Who's Who Publishing, ISBN 981-4062-11-1
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
[编辑] 外部链接
| 编辑 | 新加坡主要地区列表 |  |
| 阿裕尼 | 宏茂桥 | 亚逸拉惹 | 勿洛 | 万莱 | 碧山 | 文礼 | 万国 | 武吉士 | 武吉巴督 | 武吉甘柏 | 河水山 | 红山 | 武吉班让 | 武吉知马 | 波娜维斯达 | 金融区 | 中央集水区自然保护区 | 菜市 | 樟宜 | 樟宜东 | 牛车水 | 蔡厝港 | 金文泰 | 联邦 | 多美歌 | 杜佛 | 东海岸 | 翡翠山 | 友诺士 | 花拉公园 | 芽笼 | 港湾 | 荷兰村 | 后港 | 惹兰勿刹 | 惹兰加由 | 如切 | 裕廊 (裕廊东 | 裕廊西) | 加基武吉 | 加冷 | 甘榜格南 | 加东 | 景万岸 | 肯特岗 | 哥南亚逸 | 克兰芝 | 林厝港 | 小印度 | 罗弄哈鲁士 | 麦波申 | 万礼 | 滨海湾 | 滨海中 | 滨海东 | 滨海南 | 马林百列 | 玛丽蒙 | 蒙巴登 | 木赖 | 梁宙 | 纽顿 | 诺维娜 | 纬壹科技城 | 乌节路 | 欧南 | 巴西拉巴 | 巴西班让 | 巴西立 | 巴耶利峇 | 先驱 | 波东巴西 | 榜鹅 | 女皇镇 | 拉丁马士 | 莱佛士坊 | 里峇峇利 | 莎琳汶 | 实里达 | 三巴旺 | 盛港 | 圣诺哥 | 实龙岗 | 实龙岗花园 | 索美塞 | 珊顿道 | 实乞纳 | 四美 | 新邦 | 圣弥额尔 | 双溪加株 | 达曼裕廊 | 淡滨尼 | 丹那美拉 | 丹戎巴葛 | 丹戎禺 | 东陵 | 直落亚逸 | 直落布兰雅 | 登加 | 汤申 | 中峇鲁 | 大巴窑 | 大士 | 乌鲁班丹 | 西海岸 | 西部集水区 | 兀兰 | 油池 | 杨厝港 | 义顺 | ||
