More historical records indicate that the island was settled at least two centuries earlier and was known as Temasek, Javanese for "Sea Town."
Diiwaanno badan oo taariikhi ah ayaa tilmaamaya in jasiiradda la degay ugu yaraan laba qarni ka hor loona yaqaanay Temasek, Javanese loogu talagalay "Badda Magaalada," iyo deked muhiim u ah boqortooyada Sumatran Srivijaya.