How did Singapore get its own name?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Singapore's name actually came from Sang Nila Utama who named Temasek (malay for fishing port) as Singapura (Malay for lion city) after seeing a lion on the island, which later changed into Singapore (though the independence or the merger with Malaysia).

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