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[17] [18] Yet another, based on names found in old maps, proposed that the name Singapura may have came from the strait as [bar]-čin-gapura, where "čin" is China and "gopara" is a "gate" in Sanskrit, and the bar in the name may be from either Arabic or Persian meaning "a large body of water" that may also be used to refer to a coastal kingdom.
The early history of Singapore refers to its pre-colonial era before 1819, when the British East India Company led by Stamford Raffles established a trading settlement on the island and set in motion the history of modern Singapore. Prior to 1819, the island was known by several names.
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]
The old and the new Singapore as seen from an alley behind Boat Quay (2023) Singapore went through some of its most post-war crises in the early 21st century, such as embassies attack plot in 2001, [ 110 ] SARS outbreak in 2003, [ 111 ] H1N1 pandemic in 2009, [ 112 ] and with COVID-19 pandemic in between January 2020 and 2023.
1st Chief Justice of Singapore: Wee Kim Wee: 黄金辉: 4 November 1915: 2 May 2005: Journalist, politician, 4th President of Singapore: Albert Winsemius 1910: 4 December 1996: Economist Wong Kan Seng: 黄根成: 1946 Politician Wong Ming Yang: 黄名扬: 1951: 28 October 1982: Doctor Wong Peng Soon 1918: 1996: Sportsman Wong Yip Yan ...
Temasek (also spelt Temasik or Tumasik) is an early recorded name of a settlement on the site of modern Singapore.The name appears in early Malay and Javanese literature, and it is also recorded in Yuan and Ming Chinese documents as Danmaxi (Chinese: 單馬錫; pinyin: Dānmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tan-má-sek or Chinese: 淡馬錫; pinyin: Dànmǎxī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-má-sek).
The Kristang name for the island, Pedra Draku ("Rock of Dragons" or "Dragonsrock"), comes from the Dragon's Tail Peninsula found in older maps of the world, identified as the former sub-continent of Sundaland that the island of Singapore now sits on top of. [1] The name Pedra Draku thus also has supposed parallels with the Dragon's Teeth Gate ...
The establishment of a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles led to its founding as a British colony in 1824. This event has generally been understood to mark the founding of colonial Singapore, [1] a break from its status as a port in ancient times during the Srivijaya and Majapahit eras, and later, as part of the Sultanate of Malacca and the Johor Sultanate.