A Singaporean colloquial name for Nanyang University, a Chinese-medium university that operated from 1956 to 1980 before merging with the University of Singapore to form NUS. The name carries significant emotional resonance in Singapore's Chinese community as a symbol of Chinese-language tertiary education. It is now used historically and nostalgically by alumni and their families. The campus is now part of NTU.
His grandfather was proud of having graduated from Nantah in its early years.
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A Singaporean historical informal name for Nanyang University (南洋大学), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia, founded in Singapore in 1955. Nantah is the Hokkien/Teochew pronunciation of Nanyang, and the abbreviation was used affectionately by students and alumni. The university merged with the University of Singapore in 1980 to form the National University of Singapore, but Nantah remains a term of historical and sentimental significance in Singapore's education history.
His father was a proud Nantah graduate and kept his degree certificate on the living room wall.
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(Singapore, historical) Nanyang University.
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