Toa Payoh
/ˌtɔː ˈpɑːjəʊ/proper noun
Toa Payoh is spelled T-O-A-P-A-Y-O-H: 8 letters. As a proper noun, Toa Payoh means “A planning area and new town in the Central Region of Singapore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Toa Payoh?
| Letters | 8: T-O-A-P-A-Y-O-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Toa Payoh?
- UK /ˌtɔː ˈpɑːjəʊ/
- UK /- ˈpaɪ.əʊ/
- [ˌt(w)ɔː ˈpaː˧.jo(ː)˦]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Toa Payoh mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
proper noun
- 1
A planning area and new town in the Central Region of Singapore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Toa Payoh come from?
From Hokkien 大巴窯 /大巴窑 (Tōa Pa-iô, “large swamp”). 巴窯 /巴窑 (Pa-iô) is itself a phonetic approximation of Malay paya (“swamp”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).