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Encyclopedia > Dhoby Ghaut
Dhoby Ghaut
English Dhoby Ghaut
Chinese 多美歌
(Pinyin Duōměigē)
Malay Dhoby Ghaut
Tamil டோபி காட்

Dhoby Ghaut is a place in Singapore that often refers to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, a major interchange station on the Mass Rapid Transit of Singapore. Dhoby Ghaut or Dhobi Ghat, literally means washing place in Hindi, from Dhobi - literally meaning washerman or one that does laundry and Ghat - generically meaning a large open space. As a place, Dhoby Ghaut lies along the southern end of Orchard Road. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Hànyǔ Pīnyīn), also known as scheme... // Headline text Bold text Not to be confused with the Malayalam language, spoken in India. ... Tamil (தமிழ் ) is a classical language and one of the major languages of the Dravidian language family. ... North East Line Platform Level Passengers transferring to the North East Line would have to walk via an underground Linkway to the NEL portion. ... A C751B train at Eunos MRT Station. ... Hindi (हिन्दी or हिंदी in Devanagari; pronunciation: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is the official language of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, and... A dhobi is a washerman in India. ... Man and woman washing linen in a brook, from William Henry Pynes Microcosm, 1806. ... Orchard Road is lit up elaborately nearer the end of every year for the Christmas festive season. ...


There is a World War II history to this city. The YMCA were used as Japanese interrogation rooms. The Presbyterian church in the area was established by Scottish settlers in 1877.

The Atrium@Orchard is a retail and office development, comprising two office blocks and retail space on the ground floor, located just above the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station.

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 771 KB) The Atrium @ Orchard. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 771 KB) The Atrium @ Orchard. ... North East Line Platform Level Passengers transferring to the North East Line would have to walk via an underground Linkway to the NEL portion. ...

Etymology

Typically in India, Dhobis call on regular clients, collect their dirty clothes and then take them to the Dhobi Ghats. The name is reminiscent of the famous Dhobi Ghat of Mumbai, India, which has rows of concrete wash pens, each with its own flogging stone. The Dhobi sloshes dirty linen into a soapy water mixture, thrashing them with the flogging stones, and then puts the linen into huge vats of starch. After which being dried, they are ironed and delivered to the owners. This is however not a standard practice of dhobis in general. In a large number of areas in the country, dhobis have migrated to washing machines and dryers, using the modern detergents. Mumbai (IPA: ,Marathi: मुंबई), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ... Concrete is a construction material that consists, in its most common form, of Portland cement, construction aggregate (generally gravel and sand) and water. ... Linum usitatissimum L. - Flax Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... It has been suggested that Soapmaking be merged into this article or section. ... Water is an odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known as the universal solvent. ... In chemistry, a mixture is the product of a mechanical blending or mixing of chemical substances like elements and compounds, without chemical bonding or other chemical change, so that each ingredient substance retains its own chemical properties and makeup. ... vat can be a type of barrel used for storage. ... Starch(CAS# 9005-25-8) is a complex carbohydrate which is insoluble in water; it is used by plants as a way to store excess glucose. ... A detergent is a compound, or a mixture of compounds, intended to assist cleaning. ...


In the more rural parts in India, clothes are taken to the nearest river or canal, preferably one with huge rocks or boulders on the banks and then flogged on these. They are then spread out over the nearest grassy land, and dried. Categories: Stub ...



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Dhoby Ghaut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (320 words)
Dhoby Ghaut is a place in Singapore that often refers to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, a major interchange station on the Mass Rapid Transit of Singapore.
Dhoby Ghaut or Dhobi Ghat, literally means washing place in Hindi, from Dhobi - literally meaning washerman or one that does laundry and Ghat - generically meaning a large open space.
The Dhobi sloshes dirty linen into a soapy water mixture, thrashing them with the flogging stones, and then puts the linen the into huge vats of starch.
Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (358 words)
Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station (NS24/NE6/CC1) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, located at the eastern end of Orchard Road.
Originally it was only a station on the North South Line but as of the opening of the North East Line, it became the interchange station for these two lines.
SMRT has announced the future opening of additional retail space within the station, which will be called Dhoby Xchange.
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