Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị Japan gbanwere aha Singapore, site na Japanese, ma ọ bụ "agwaetiti ndịda enwetara n'oge Shōwa", ma were ya ruo mgbe ndị Britain weghachitere agwaetiti ahụ na 12 Septemba 1945, otu ọnwa mgbe
ndị Japan chịliri aka elu. Aha "Shōnantō" bụ, n'oge ahụ, romanized dị ka "Syonan-to" ma ọ bụ "Syonan", ebe ihe odide 昭南 sụgharịrị n'ụzọ nkịtị ka "Ìhè nke Ndịda".