Singapore Places

Many roads in Singapore are  also named after various items, cities or simply one reason or another.

Even Singaporeans are unaware of the existence of some of the roads!

Do you know while there is a Sunset Way at Clementi, there is also a Sunrise Way off Yio Chu Kang Road? 

Road of Fruits

Somewhere off Upper Serangoon Road, there are two minor roads which are interestingly named after fruits: Lorong Lew Lian (罗弄榴莲) and Lorong Ong Lye (罗弄黄梨). The reason is unknown, perhaps in the past there were durian and pineapple plantations around the area. Jalan Durian can be found on Pulau Ubin. There was once a Lorong Koo Chye (罗弄韮菜) at Upper Paya Lebar, but it became defunct when Tai Seng-Ubi was developed into an industrial estate.

Elsewhere at Katong, there is a Lorong Nangka (Jackfruit in Malay), Mangis Road(Manggis is Mangosteen in Malay), Rambai Road, Duku Road, Chiku Road, Langsat Roadand Rambutan Road (all tropical fruits).

At MacPherson, there is a network of “fruit-tree” roads which include Lichi Avenue (Lichi is a variant spelling of litchi, or lychee), Cedar Avenue (Cedar trees, native in Southeast Asia and Australia, produce bluish fruits that are poisonous to humans), Mulberry Avenue(Mulberry is native in subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and Americas), Angsana Avenue(common tree found in Singapore with a flat disc-shaped fruit), Kenanga Avenue(Kenanga is the Indonesian name for Ylang
-Ylang, a perfume tree with black fruits) andBelimbing Avenue (Belimbing is the Indonesian name for starfruit).

Road of  Bananas

A set of connected roads near Beauty World, Upper Bukit Timah, used banana (pisang in Malay) as names. They are called Lorong Pisang Asam (sour in Malay), Lorong Pisang Batu (stone), Lorong Pisang Emas (gold), Lorong Pisang Hijau (green), Lorong Pisang Raja (king) and Lorong Pisang Udang (prawn). Jalan Pisang is located at Kampong Glam.

Roads of Poets

The roads at Teacher’s Estate, Yio Chu Kang Road, are all named after famous poets and philosophers. There are three roads named after Chinese poets, namely Li Po (李白)Avenue, Tu Fu (杜甫) Avenue, Tung Po (苏东坡) Avenue. Iqbal Avenue is named after Muhammad Iqbal, a Muslim poet and philosopher who lived in British India from 1877 to 1938.

Li Po Avenue

Roads of Nuts

At Bukit Panjang neighbourhood, a series of minor roads, drives and crescents are named after nuts, namely Almond, Cashew, Chestnut and Hazel.