Lion City





"Singapore" is the name of both the city and country, which are the same entity


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The English name of Singapore is derived from the Malay name Singapura (Sanskrit सिंहपुर "Lion City"). Today it is sometimes referred to as the Lion City. Studies indicate that lions probably never lived there; the beast seen by Sang Nila Utama, founder of Singapore, who gave it the Malay name of Singapura meaning Lion City, was most likely a tiger.





































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