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 The island nation of Singapore derives its name from the Malay words singa ( lion ) and pora ( city / fortress ) , which in turn is from the Tamil @-@ Sanskrit சிங ் க singa सिंह siṃha and पुर புர pura , which is cognate to the Greek πόλις , pólis . According to the Malay Annals , this name was given by a fourteenth @-@ century Sumatran Malay prince Sang Nila Utama , who , on alighting the island after a thunderstorm , spotted an auspicious beast on shore that appeared to be a lion . 

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 Singapore has been administering Pedra Branca since Horsburgh Lighthouse was built on the island by its predecessor , the United Kingdom , between 1850 and 1851 . Singapore was ceded by Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggung Abdul Rahman Sri Maharajah of Johor to the British East India Company under a Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of 2 August 1824 ( the Crawfurd Treaty ) , and became part of the Straits Settlements in 1826 . At the time when the lighthouse on the island was constructed , the Straits Settlements were under British rule through the Government of India . 

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 By the eve of the Japanese invasion , Singapore had become one of the most fortified countries in the world . 

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 The series of raids launched by the Chola Empire in the 11th century had weakened the once glorious Malay empire of Srivijaya . Although Greco @-@ Roman astronomer Ptolemy ( 90 – 168 ) identified a place called Sabana in the general area , the earliest written record of Singapore occurs in a Chinese account from the third century , describing the island of Pu Luo Chung ( 蒲 罗 中 ) . This was itself a transliteration from the Malay name " Pulau Ujong " , or " island at the end " ( of the Malay Peninsula ) . The Sejarah Melayu ( Malay Annals ) contains a tale of a prince of Srivijaya , Seri Teri Buana ( also known as Sang Nila Utama ) , who landed on the island during the 13th century . When he saw a lion , the prince took this as an auspicious sign and founded a settlement called Singapura , which means " Lion City " in Sanskrit . 

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 Singapore replaced the original kerosene @-@ fired lamp of Horsburgh Lighthouse with automated navigational lights in the 1970s . In 1972 , 1973 , 1974 and 1978 , the Port of Singapore Authority ( PSA ) considered the feasibility of carrying out reclamation of about 5 @,@ 000 square metres ( 54 @,@ 000 sq ft ) of land around Pedra Branca , but did not go ahead with the project . On 30 May 1977 , with the permission of the PSA , the Republic of Singapore Navy installed a military rebroadcast station which it shared with the Republic of Singapore Air Force . Subsequently , the PSA installed a helipad on the eastern half of the island , and a communications tower for its Vessel Traffic Information System for the 900 @-@ odd ships that pass daily through the south and middle channels which are the main shipping channels of the eastern part of the Singapore Strait . 
