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Bedok (pronounced as ) is an urban planning area and residential district within the Eastern part of Singapore.〔()〕 The district encompasses of Bedok New Town, located towards the West of Bedok. Towards the East of the planning area, condominium units and private housing are common. Most private residential units can be spotted throughout the sub-zones of Kaki Bukit, Siglap, Frankel and Kembangan.〔http://www.ura.gov.sg/MS/DMP2013/regional-highlights/~/media/dmp2013/Planning%20Area%20Brochures/Brochure_Bedok_1.ashx〕 〔(Singapore Infopedia | Bedok )〕 ==Etymology and early history== The name, "Bedok" can trace its origins back to 1604, in Manuel Gomes de Erédia's map of Singapore. The map refers to the Bedok River (present day Sungei Bedok) as ''Sune Bodo''. Bedok is one of the early native place names in existence around the time of Sir Stamford Raffles. In the first comprehensive map of Singapore Island completed by Frankin and Jackson and reproduced in John Crawfurd's 1828 book, the place name appears on the south east coast of the island as a river, Badok S. (Sungei Bedok), around the "small red cliff", a part of present Tanah Merah. The Malay word ''bedoh'' refers to a very large drum, used for calling people to a mosque for prayers or to sound the alarm in the days before loudspeakers. There was a prominent mosque in the 1950s at Jalan Bilal that still used the drum about five times a day. The "h" in the word ''bedoh'' was replaced with a "k", and, as with most Malay words that end with a "k", it is pronounced with an inaudible glottal stop. A less popular theory for its etymology often refers to the Malay term of ''biduk'', a small fishing boat like the sampan, or more likely, a dugout canoe, as the east coast was dotted with many fishing villages. 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「Bedok」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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