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DANIEL SUY - THE CITY OF SINGAPORE
The island now known as Singapore was in its earliest days the site of a Malay fishing village at the mouth of the Singapore River. As from the 11th century the island took a new name, namely "Singa Pura" which means "Lion City". A legend tells that a Sri Vijayan Prince spotted an animal that he mistook for a lion and… Singapore's modern day name was born. In the 14th century the island colony had been absorbed by the mighty Sri Vijayan empire and became known as Temasek or"Sea Town". Because of its strategic location at the natural meeting point of sea routes at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore had been visited by sailors from different nations such as China, India, Arabia, Portugal and Bugin.