How Singapore got its name

Version 1 : When Raffles stepped out of his boat on to Boat Quay, a man was running by announcing
the birth of his son in hokkien. 'see tar poh, see tar poh'

Version 2 : I thought the story was like this : The Malay/Indian king, Parameswara, was sleeping under a
tree and was dreaming. He was rudely awakened by an animal resembling a lion. So, out of shock, he
screamed ' Singa porda ! Singa porda!! ' (which means, 'lion, get lost!')

Version 3 : When Raffles sailed up the Singapore river for the first time, a Malay lady was bathing in the
river, having left her clothes on the river bank. A Singh came by and stole her clothes. The upset lady started
shouting after him, 'Singh Kapoh, Singh Kapoh'...

Version 4 : 'Singapore' was actually translated from the name 'Singapura' in Bahasa Malaysia. (Lion - City)
Story goes that there was a prince that came to our island many many years ago, on an exploration trip.
Then he suddenly saw a lion and he named our island 'Singapura', which means lion city.
Imagine if he had seen a pig instead of a lion. It could have been Babipura ('pig' in Malay is 'Babi')

lol... people see what they want to see

hahaha.... if it is cat instead of lion...?? kuchingpura??? then some ppl may mis pronouce it to karchingpura...?

Or a tortoise... which would be worse!

Kura-kura-pura.