k ▁may ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Vietnam ese ▁records ▁as ▁Sach ▁Ma ▁T ich ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Some ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁the ▁name ▁Tem ase k ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Singap ura , ▁a ▁Mal ay ▁name ▁derived ▁from ▁S ansk rit ▁meaning ▁" L ion ▁City ". ▁Leg end ▁has ▁it ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁given ▁by ▁Sang ▁N ila ▁Ut ama ▁when ▁he ▁visited ▁the ▁island ▁in ▁ 1 2 9 9 ▁and ▁saw ▁an ▁unknown ▁creature , ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁informed ▁was ▁a ▁l ion . ▁Although ▁Chinese ▁records ▁continued ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁name ▁Tem ase k ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁afterwards ▁( for ▁example ▁in ▁the ▁Ma o ▁Kun ▁map ) ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁The ▁Mal ay ▁Ann als , ▁the ▁name ▁Tem ase k ▁had ▁become ▁ob sole te ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁in ▁European ▁maps ▁and ▁documents ▁from ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 0 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁rev ived ▁in ▁colonial ▁and ▁more ▁modern ▁times , ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁as ▁names ▁for ▁institutions , ▁corpor ations ▁and ▁national ▁hon ours ▁in ▁Singapore . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁early ▁history ▁of ▁Singapore ▁is ▁obsc ured ▁by ▁myth ▁and ▁legend , ▁some ▁conclus ions ▁can ▁be ▁drawn ▁from ▁arch ae ological ▁evidence ▁and ▁from ▁written ▁references ▁by ▁trav ellers . ▁Arch ae ology ▁points ▁to ▁an ▁urban ised ▁settlement ▁on ▁the ▁site ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 4 th