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  2. Kingdom of Singapura - Wikipedia

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    The name Singapura is derived from Sanskrit meaning "Lion City". [8] Singa comes from the Sanskrit word siṃha, which means "lion", and pūra means "city" in Sanskrit. [9] According to the Malay Annals, Sang Nila Utama and his men were exploring Tanjong Bemban while in Bintan when he spotted an island with white sandy beach from a high point.

  3. Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Singapore, [e] officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.It is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the ...

  4. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name means "City of Victory". The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. Agra (1501–1540): Derived from Sanskrit Agrevaṇa (अग्रेवण), or 'the border of the forest'. The name was first mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata.

  5. Chola dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Chola dynasty[ a] ( Tamil: [t͡ʃoːɻɐr]) was a Tamil dynasty originating from southern India. At its height, it ruled over the Chola Empire, an expansive maritime empire. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka of the Maurya empire.

  6. Names of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The English name Singapore comes from the Malay name Singapura which is believed to have been derived from Sanskrit meaning "Lion City". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Singa comes from the Sanskrit word siṃha ( सिंह ), which means "lion", and pūra ( पुर ) means "city" in Sanskrit and is a common suffix in many Indian place names. [ 4 ]

  7. List of places in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    The North-East Region of Singapore is made up of 7 planning areas, comprising 48 subzones in total. There are plans to transform Seletar into the regional centre of the North-East Region in the future. Planning Area [ 1] Subzone [ 1] Estimated population (2018) [ 2] Remarks. Ang Mo Kio. Ang Mo Kio Town Centre. 4,820.

  8. Cerbera odollam - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name. Cerbera odollam. Gaertn. Synonyms. Cerbera dilatata Markgr. Cerbera odollam is a tree species in the family Apocynaceae commonly known as the suicide tree or pong-pong. [ 1] It bears a fruit known as othalanga whose seeds yield a potent poison called cerberin that has been used for trials by ordeal, [ 2] suicide, and poisonings.

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia avoids unnecessary capitalization.In English, capitalization is primarily needed for proper names, acronyms, and for the first letter of a sentence. [a] Wikipedia relies on sources to determine what is conventionally capitalized; only words and phrases that are consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources are capitalized in Wikipedia.