The names of Singapore include both historical designations and contemporary names and nicknames in various languages spoken on the island. The English language name Singapore comes from Malay Singapura meaning "Lion City," but it is possible that one element of its name had a more distant original source. Pura comes from Sanskrit puram (पुरम), meaning "city" or "fortress," and is related to Greek polis, "citadel, city.

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  • The names of Singapore include both historical designations and contemporary names and nicknames in various languages spoken on the island. The English language name Singapore comes from Malay Singapura meaning "Lion City," but it is possible that one element of its name had a more distant original source. Pura comes from Sanskrit puram (पुरम), meaning "city" or "fortress," and is related to Greek polis, "citadel, city. " Its cognate, pur, is a common suffix in many Indian and Iranian place names, meaning "capital". Singa comes from Sanskrit siṃha (सिंह), which means lion. Recent studies of Singapore, however, indicate that lions have never lived there, not even Asiatic lions; the beast seen by Singapore's 13th century founder, the Srivijayan Sang Nila Utama, was most likely a tiger, probably the Malayan Tiger.
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  • Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤
  • Sĭng-gă-pŏ̤ Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók
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  • 新加坡
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  • no
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  • Sîn-kâ-phô
  • Sîn-kâ-phô Khiung-fò-koet
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  • Republik Singapura
  • Singapura
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  • Xīnjiāpō
  • Xīnjiāpō Gònghéguó
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  • Sin-ka-pho
  • Sin-ka-pho Kiōng-hô-kok
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  • 新加坡共和国
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  • Early history of Singapore
  • Temasek
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  • 新加坡共和國
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  • சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு Ciṅkappūr Kutiyaracu
  • சிங்கப்பூர் Ciṅkappūr
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  • Republic of Singapore
  • Singapore
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  • Hsin-chia-p'o
  • Hsin-chia-p'o Kung-ho-kuo
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  • Sāngabō
  • Sāngabō Gùngwòhgwok
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  • The names of Singapore include both historical designations and contemporary names and nicknames in various languages spoken on the island. The English language name Singapore comes from Malay Singapura meaning "Lion City," but it is possible that one element of its name had a more distant original source. Pura comes from Sanskrit puram (पुरम), meaning "city" or "fortress," and is related to Greek polis, "citadel, city.
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  • Names of Singapore
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