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Muar is a town in Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Malaysia to be visited and explored for its food, coffee and historical buildings from the pre-war. An alternative name to it is Bandar Maharani. It is declared the Royal City of Johor and is the fourth largest city (after Johor Bahru, Batu Pahat and Kluang) in Johor. It is the main and biggest town of the bigger entity region or area of the same name, Muar which is sub-divided into the Muar district and the new Ledang district, which was upgraded into a full-fledged district from the Tangkak sub-district earlier.〔(Muar to say goodbye to Tangkak ), 20 November 2006, The Star (Malaysia)〕 Muar district as the only district covering the whole area formerly borders Malacca in the northern part. Upon the upgrading of Ledang district, the Muar district now covers only the area south of Sungai Muar, whilst the northern area beyond the river is in within Ledang district. However, both divided administrative districts are still collectively and fondly called and referred to as the region or area of Muar as a whole by their residents and outsiders. == Etymology == Muar also known as Bandar Maharani is said to have had other names earlier and the name itself Muar is believed to have originated and derived from its geographical location at the mouth or estuary of Muar River as the following different version of theories: * Teluk Dalam :Muar was formerly known as ''Teluk Dalam'' meaning "the deep bay" may be derived from its location at the estuary or the structure of the mouth of the Muar River which is wide open and deep; based on a sentence in one part of Hikayat Malim Deman; as in :- :''MUAR belum bernama MUAR , MUAR bernama TELUK DALAM.'' :''(MUAR has not been named MUAR , MUAR called TELUK DALAM.)'' * Muara :Muar name is said to be the summary for this old Malay word ''Muara'' meaning "the wide open estuary". * Muak :Means "bored" or "tired" in paddling the boat travelling along the river which is large and curvy by the local people in the early days. The people started calling the river and place Muar deriving from the word ''Muak'' after a long time since then. * Munu-AR/Muar/Munar/Mu-aru :Muar may be a combination of the Tamil language words ''Munu'' meaning ''"three"'' and ''Aru'' which means ''"river"''. There was a large state in South India which three important rivers merged into a river called ''Muar'' or ''Munar''('Three Rivers State'). When the Indians traders came to the country to trade and look for gold during ancient times, they found the three rivers; the Sungai Muar, Sungai Serting and Sungai Pahang met and merged into Sungai Muar just like in the state of ''Munar'' in India, thus the river took the name Muar as from the name of ''Munar'' in India. The Muar name is said to be derived from these words and names. * Bukit Mor :There is also a hill not far from the Muar near Parit Jawa in the south of the "Padang" area called ''Mor Hill'' or ''Bukit Mor'' which may be the origin of the name of Muar. * Bandar Maharani :Modern Muar Town was officially opened and conferred Bandar Maharani title by Maharaja Abu Bakar translated as the Town of Empress the namesake of Maharani Fatimah who also graced the grand inauguration ceremony of the new town on 12 August 1887, to symbolically representing and recognising the prominence status of Muar as the 2nd important and biggest town and district of the state of Johor after Johor Bahru the capital city in those days. There a few famous old historic legends which evolved around the area of Muar namely, ''Hikayat Malim Deman (Epic of Malim Deman), Legenda Lembing Awang Pulang Ke Dayang (Awang's Spear Return to Dayang Legend) and Legenda Puteri Gunung Ledang (Mount Ledang Princess' Legend)''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Muar (town)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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