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LION CITY in simplified Chinese.

LION CITY is the alias of Singapore.


SINGAPORE

#55 Largest cities and urban areas in 2006
#66 Largest cities and urban areas in 2020
#240 Fastest growing cities and urban areas

Singapore is an island state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula and retained its territorial integrity as such even during the period of British colonial rule which officially lasted from 1867 to 1963. A small measure of independence was gained in 1959 when it became a self-governing crown colony under Lee Kuan Yew as Prime Minister, before joining the independent Federation of Malaysia in 1963. Two years later it was expelled from Malaysia owing to racial and ideological disputes, gaining outright independence on August 9 1965.

Read more - http://www.citymayors.com/government/singapore_government.html


A History of the Lion City - http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/pubs/singapore/singapore.html

新加坡概况 in Chinese - http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-04/15/content_358770.htm

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狮城 - LION City is the Alias of SINGAPORE !

A Land of Many Names

The island of Singapore has been known by many different names over the centuries. The ancient Javanese chronicle of 1365, the Nagarakertagama, refers to it as Temasek (sometimes also spelled "Tumasik"). By the fifteenth century the island was also known as Singapura, the Lion City, from the Malay words singa (lion) and pura (city). Legend states that a Sumatran prince, Sri Tri Buana, gave it that name when he came to the island in 1299 and saw a strange creature that he thought was a lion. (It is unlikely that there ever were lions in Singapore, though tigers roamed the island until the early twentieth century.)

After the British installed themselves on the island, "Singapura" became "Singapore." When control of the island was abruptly transferred to the Japanese during World War II, Singapore was renamed Syonan, or "Light of the South." After the war, the island was again known as Singapore (and its Malay equivalent, Singapura).