[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Smaller Merlion, Singapore River (1) [{Image src='140sn.jpg' width='650' height='487' alt='Smaller Merlion, Singapore River (1)' class='image_left' popup='false'}] [{SET customtitle='Smaller Merlion, Singapore River (1)'}] \\ Smaller of the two Merlions (lion head and body of a fish) along the Singapore River. The word "Sing" comes from the Malay word for lion; thus the city is often called "Lion City." In the background looms the back of the statue of the larger Merlion, the Marina Bay Sands Hotel built to resemble a ship on towers, and the lotus flower-shaped ArtScience Museum.