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How Singapore got its name?

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Anonymous

17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Singapore was named from the Sanskrit word Sinapura, meaning Lion City sometime between the 11th and 14th century. Some say that this was an error because tigers, not lions, lived in the region.

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