Passage: Singapore inotora zita rayo kubva kumazwi echiMalay singa (shumba) uye pora (guta / nhare), iyo inobva kuTamil-Sanskrit சிங்க singa Singh siṃha uye पुर புர pura, iyo yakafanana neGreek πόλις, pólis. Maererano neMalaya Annals, zita iri rakapihwa nemuzana remakore regumi nemana Sumatran Malay muchinda Sang Nila Utama, uyo, paakaburuka pachitsuwa mushure mekutinhira kwemheni, akaona chikara chinonakidza chakaita seshumba pamhenderekedzo. Shumba ndiyo yakajairika motif muChinese art; yakatanga kushandiswa muart munguva yekupedzisira yeChirimo uye A Dynasty (yechishanu kana yechitanhatu century BC) uye yakave yakakurumbira panguva yeHan Dynasty (206 <unk> 220 AD) apo varindi vemuumambo vakatanga kuiswa pamberi pematare emadzimambo ekudzivirira emadzimambo.
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