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The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans. It is written chiefly in the country's four official languages: English, Malay, Standard Mandarin and Tamil . While Singaporean literary works may be considered as also belonging to the literature of their specific languages, the literature of Singapore is ...
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 ...
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 means "city" in Sanskrit and is a common suffix in many Indian place names. [4]
The book was translated in full into English by Roger Nelson, curator at National Gallery Singapore, and published in 2019. [3] This translation received the 2022 A.L. Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize from the Association of Asian Studies.
The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the island in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, Parameswara, was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese before he founded Malacca.
The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the main commercial city centre of Singapore.Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, the Central Area consists of eleven constituent planning areas: the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, the Museum Planning Area, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, the Singapore River and Straits View ...
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.
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