Many stories or versions of a thriving community of origin of the word or name of Sulawesi. The name of the island which resembles the letter K is estimated to come from the word in languages in Central Sulawesi stake is the word which means homeland (island) and said mesi meaning iron (metal), which may refer to the practice of trading iron ore mines production located around Lake Matano, near Sorowako, East Luwu. The Portuguese who came around 14-15 century BC is the first foreign nation to use the name to refer Celebes Sulawesi island as a whole.
Documents and old maps, the island is written as 'Celebes'. One related to the world scientific expedition carried out by Alfred Russel Sulawesi Wallaceyang forward a dividing line on the flora and fauna that exist in Indonesia. As well ekspedisiSnellius (University of Leiden) the study of subsurface conditions around Sulawesi to Moluccan. The second scientific expedition using the name 'Celebes'. While local people at that time did not realize what name to give to the island they inhabit. So in this case, Celebes is eksonim for the eleventh largest island in the world. From this Celebes name later evolved into 'Sulawesi' which became endonimhingga now.
It is said that the first time the Portuguese arrived, met a native who was attompang sele 'or dagger (dagger caring for using jerus lime). When the Si Portuguese asked: "What is the name of this area?" Because do not understand the language spoken Portuguese Si, Si Natives can only be thought-thought and Si Si Portuguese Natives thought to ask the object he was holding. The Native replied: "Sele" Bessi ". Of said Sele 'Bessi it is formed the word Celebes or Sulawesi.
In the past, when the first group of people who are thought to originate from the Portuguese got off the boat and went to the local population who are working to make the boat, the party leadership asked: "What is this place?" Residents who do not understand the language can only guess. Residents thought, the party leadership asks "what objects are being held?" With a population spontaneously replied "Sele" Bessi "which means iron hinges. Since then, the group leader noted that they visited the location named 'Celebes'.
In the past there was Portuguese sailors who stopped in Makassar and Gowa Meet King to ask permission to sail at once asked the name of this area. Currently, it overlooks the Portuguese sailors presented to the King, the King was cleaning Sele'nya (dagger). That's when Portuguese sailors asked the King with the Portuguese that "The region name What?" because the king does not understand Portuguese, then the King only Estimating mean that question. The King thought that the Portuguese sailors asked what the object in his hand, the king replied: "Sele" Bessi ". Since then the Portuguese sailors they will be named 'Sele' Bessi '. But because they can not easily pronounce the tongue Sele 'Bessi, they call it CELEBES.
Another story about the origin of the word or Sulawesi name comes from a Muslim adventurer who lived in 1303-1377 M. Adventurer Muslims are Ibn Battuta. One day during his wanderings, he arrived in an island. He melihatKopra (palm fruit that has been dried) scattered anywhere on the island. It was then that he called 'Salabas syai' which means tersebarlah something, because he did not know that it was the fruit of the coconut fruit. From the adventures of a Muslim adventurer that comes Sulawesi name, and its name was still used by the island's famous Tanah Toraraja & Bunaken, namely Salabesi or Sulawesi.
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