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.
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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(Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Malay Peninsula and Nusantara (Indonesian Archipelago), now part of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Southern Thailand) also known as Nanyang.
(Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) A female Peranakan.
(Singapore, informal) Uneducated; backward.
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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.
"Nantah" means: A Singaporean historical informal name for Nanyang University (南洋大学), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia, founded in Si.... This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"Nantah" means: A Singaporean historical informal name for Nanyang University (南洋大学), the first Chinese-language university in Southeast Asia, founded in Si.... Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (historical) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or
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(Singapore, historical) Nanyang University.
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