Microcosm in Singapore, or not?
I have been pondering the cosmopolitan nature of street-names, or place-names, in Singapore recently.
For example:
European
- French Road
- Holland Village
- Hollandse Club, associated with the Dutch.
- Dublin Road
- Cambridge, an area of residences near Farrer Park MRT Station.
- Spanish Village.
- Euro-Asia Apartments.
- the former Teutonia Club, associated with Germans.
Near Eastern
- Frankel Estate.
- Armenian Street.
- Arab Street.
- Haji Lane.
Asian
- Nepal Park
- Amoy Street (厦门街)。
- Shanghai Road.
- Irrawaddy Road.
- Burmah Road
- Penang Road.
- Malacca Street
- Pahang Street.
- Kelantan Road.
- Parsi Road.