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The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura, which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for "lion city" ( Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; "siṃha" means "lion", "pura" means "city" or "fortress"). A Chinese account from the third century referred to a place as "Pú Luó Zhōng" (), which sounds like Malay for "island at the end of a peninsula." Early references to the name Temasek (or Tumasik) are found in the Nagarakretagama, a Javanese epic poem written in 1365, and a Vietnamese source from the same time period. The name possibly means "Sea Town", being derived from the Malay "tasek", meaning "sea" or "lake". The Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan visited a place around 1330 named "Danmaxi" () or "Tam ma siak", depending on pronunciation. "Danmaxi" may be a transcription of Temasek (Tumasik), alternatively, it may be a combination of the Malay "Tanah" meaning "land" and Chinese "Xi" meaning "tin," which was traded on the island.