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Sang Nila Utama came to Singapore because:
He was searching for s new place for a new city to be build in, so he went to places of the coast of Sumatra, where he was a prince.
Hunting in that island they followed a deer up a large rock, sang Utama saw a very beautiful land, so he asked one of his ministers what it was, and he answered that it was Temasek (Singapore today), so he decided to go there to stablish a new city.
(Extra)Why it's called Singapore
There he was also hunting and saw an animal, once again asked one of his ministers, who told him he thought it was a lion, so Sang Utama renamed Temasek, Singapore
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What is the meaning of Singapore?
The name "Singapore" is actually derived from the Malay word "Singapura", which literally means "Lion City". Legend states that Sang Nila Utama, a prince from Palembang, founded ancient Singapore and named it "Singapura" after he spotted an animal that resembled a lion. Recent studies, though, have found that lions have never lived there, and the beast Sang Nila Utama saw was likely a tiger.
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The Singapore Merlion is a important symbol of Singapore. It had become a tourist attraction to visit the Merlion whenever they come to Singapore. The Merlion was designed by Mr Fraser Brunner, a member of the souvenir committee and a curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium in 1964. He initially designed the Merlion because he wanted Singapore to have something that symbolises it. The Merlion is a fictional creature that has a lion head and a fish body. The Lion head is supposed to signify the event of Sang Nila Utama finding Singapore and founding it into a ancient city. In search for a new city for his civilization, he landed on Singapore and the first creature he saw was a lion. However, Sang Nila Utama's civilization fell and Singapore was left inhabitened. The fish body is supposed to signify Singapore's past as Temasak, which means fishing village in Javanese. It is suppose to mean that Singapore was a fishing village in the olden times. Mr Brunner wanted something that could be purely of Singapore and an identity of the history of what this island used to be.
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