Singapore
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From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर(siṃhá-pura), from सिंह(siṃha, “lion”) + पुर(pura, “city”).
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Singapore
from Sanskrit Simhapuram "Lion City," from simhah "lion" + puram "city," from PIE *tpolh- "citadel, fortified high place" (see polis). The name is perhaps metaphoric of something, as no lions are found there. Singapore sling attested from 1930; said on the island to have been invented there 1915 by a barman named Ngian Tong Dron.
