How did Singapore get its name

How did Singapore get its name...? Lion (Singa) is an obvious answer in the history books. This is the original version but you must know a little bit of Melayu.....to understand it ......

When Sir Stamford Raffles sailed up the Singapore River for the first time... Some Malay ladies were swimming/bathing in the river, having left their clothes on the tree at the river bank ! A deaf Punjabi Singh cycling by the side of the river ..... saw some sarongs hanging on the tree.

He looked around and saw no one near by. He bungkus (packed) everything and took away
all the unattended clothes. The Malay ladies saw the Singh from a distance removing their clothes.

They started shouting and yelling on the top of their voices......

“SINGH KAPOH ...singh kapoh, singh kapoh.”………..
("Singh stealing....Singh stealing...Singh stealing")

Raffles heard them screaming "SINGH KAPOH"... and so we had the name.... Singapore

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