Merlion

The Merlion is the official mascot of . It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
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  • Work of art
  • …is a sculpture
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …is also known as “Merlion Fountain”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: fountain statue in Singapore

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Bay and Merlion Park.
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is 's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of .
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Park
is a famous Singapore landmark and…
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Museum
The is an institution which… is situated 350 metres west of Merlion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Core and Clifford Pier.
Suburb
The is the historic urban centre…
Neighborhood
was a former located beside Collyer…
Merlion444, Public domain.
Neighborhood
is the centre of the Financial District…

Merlion

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Latitude
1.28678° or 1° 17′ 12″ north
Longitude
103.8545° or 103° 51′ 16″ east
Open location code
6PH57VP3+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 182819157
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Geo­Names ID
6951478
Wiki­data ID
Q208760

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Merlion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميرليون”
  • Armenian: “Մերլիոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Merlion”
  • Balinese: “Merlion”
  • Burmese: “မာလိုင်းယွန်း”
  • Chinese: “鱼尾狮”
  • Czech: “Merlion”
  • Danish: “Merlion”
  • Dutch: “Merlion”
  • Finnish: “Merlion”
  • French: “Merlion”
  • German: “Merlion”
  • Hebrew: “מרליון”
  • Hindi: “merlion”
  • Hungarian: “Merlion”
  • Indonesian: “Merlion”
  • Italian: “Merlion”
  • Japanese: “マーライオン”
  • Javanese: “Merlion”
  • Korean: “머라이언”
  • Korean: “멀라이언”
  • Malay: “Merlion”
  • Malayalam: “മെർലയൺ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merlion”
  • Persian: “مرلاین”
  • Portuguese: “Merlion”
  • Romanian: “Merlion”
  • Russian: “Мерлайон”
  • Spanish: “Merlión”
  • Swedish: “Merlion”
  • Tagalog: “Merlion”
  • Tamil: “மெர்லயன்”
  • Thai: “เมอร์ไลออน”
  • Ukrainian: “Мерлайон”
  • Vietnamese: “Merlion”
  • Yue Chinese: “魚尾獅”

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