Singapore was never "discovered" since it is a city that has been around for centuries. Cities are made and not discovered.
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Singapore came from Singapura. Singa is lion. Pura is port. When travellers discovered Singapore, the first thing they saw was a lion. That is why they named it Singapura. Then it became Singapore.
According to my research I have discovered that there are 120 hotels in Singapore. I found booking.com/singapore-hotels to be very helpful. This is a five star website for information.
There have been 381 species of butterflies discovered and named in Singapore. Unfortunately, 55 of these species have become extinct.
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Singapore was discovered by Sung Nila Utama (not sure how to spell his name), and when he arrived on Singapore, he saw a lion. Singa means lion in his language, and pura sorta means land, so he named it Singapura. Then Sir Stamford Raffles came and founded Singapura, and gave it an English name, Singapore.
The crimson sun-bird was voted Singapore's national bird in a competition by the Nature Society. The bird and Singapore share a few characteristics such as the nickname "the tiny red dot" and a small size. The bird was also named by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the British statesman who discovered Singapore.
The national flower of Singapore is a hybrid orchid, named Vanda Miss Joaquim. It was first discovered by Agnes Joaquim, hence the name for the orchid. It was choosen and announced as Singapore's National Flower on 15 April 1981.
Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles on 29th January 1819.
If you are asking why its 'Singapore,singapore', its because there is only one state in Singapore
Singapore is a city state and country of its own. Singapore doesn't have a capital, but the correct term of the capital you find in a atlas would be "Capital of Singapore: Singapore, Singapore"
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