Editing Sabah (section)

== Etymology ==
The origin of the name ''Sabah'' is uncertain, and many theories have arisen.<ref name="sabah history">{{cite web |url=http://repository.um.edu.my/99765/1/06.WONG.pdf |title=The Name of Sabah and the Sustaining of a New Identity in a New Nation |author=Danny Wong Tze Ken |publisher=[[University of Malaya]] Repository |year=2015 |access-date=25 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225022550/http://repository.um.edu.my/99765/1/06.WONG.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2016 }}</ref> One theory is that when it was part of the [[Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888)|Bruneian Sultanate]], it was referred to as ''Saba'' because of the presence a variety of banana called ''pisang saba'' (also known as ''pisang menurun''),<ref name="Sabah origin">{{cite web |url=http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=34 |title=Origin of Place Names – Sabah |publisher=[[National Library of Malaysia]] |year=2000 |access-date=3 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209105734/http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=34&section=sm03 |archive-date=9 February 2008 }}</ref><ref name="etymology">{{cite web|url= https://says.com/my/lifestyle/the-origins-of-state-names-in-malaysia |title=The Stories And Facts Behind How The 13 States Of Malaysia Got Their Names |author=Tang Ruxyn |work=Says.com |date=26 April 2017 |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref> which are grown widely on the coast of the region and popular in [[Brunei]].<ref name="Hanum1989">{{cite book |author=Zakiah Hanum |title=Asal-usul negeri-negeri di Malaysia |trans-title=Origin of the states in Malaysia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5UsAAAAIAAJ |year=1989 |language=ms |publisher=Times Books International |isbn=978-9971-65-467-2}}</ref> The [[Bajau people|Bajau community]] referred to it as ''pisang jaba''.<ref name="Hanum1989"/>

Additionally, during the Majapahit era, when Brunei was a [[vassal state]] of [[Majapahit]], the [[Old Javanese]] eulogy of [[Nagarakretagama]] described the area in what is now Sabah as ''Seludang''.<ref name="Group">{{cite book |title=The Report: Sabah 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKJoQ4o-_DsC&pg=PA10 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-36-1 |pages=10–143|year=2011 }}</ref><ref name="Sabah origin"/>

Although the Chinese since the [[Han dynasty]] had been associated with the island of [[Borneo]],<ref name="ancient china">{{cite journal |title=Chinese Migration to Sabah Before the Second World War |journal=Archipel |author=Danny Wong Tze Ken |year=1999 |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=131–158|doi=10.3406/arch.1999.3538 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp236_china_borneo_santubong.pdf |title=Examining the Connection Between Ancient China and Borneo Through Santubong Archaeological Sites |author1=Wan Kong Ann |author2=Victor H. Mair |author3=Paula Roberts |author4=Mark Swofford |work=[[Tsinghua University]] and Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, [[University of Pennsylvania]] |publisher=Sino-Platonic Papers |date=April 2013 |access-date=14 May 2016 |issn=2157-9687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514050717/http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp236_china_borneo_santubong.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2016 }}</ref> they did not have any specific names for the area. Instead during the [[Song dynasty]], they referred to the whole island as ''Po Ni'' (also pronounced ''Bo Ni''), which is the same name they used to refer to the Sultanate of Brunei at the time.<ref name="sabah history"/> Due to the location of Sabah in relation to Brunei, it has been suggested that ''Sabah'' was a [[Brunei Malay]] word meaning upstream or "in a northerly direction".<ref name="etymology"/><ref>{{cite periodical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGLjAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of the name 'Sabah' |author=Allen R. Maxwell |periodical=Sabah Society Journal |volume=VII |issue=2 |year=1981–1982}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/27547/27547-h/27547-h.htm |title=British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo |author=W. H. Treacher |location=Singapore |publisher=Government Printing Department |via=Project Gutenberg |year=1891 |access-date=15 October 2009 |page=95}}</ref> Another theory suggests that it came from the [[Malay language|Malay]] word ''sabak'' which means a place where [[palm sugar]] is extracted.<ref name="century">{{cite news |url=http://www.bt.com.bn/life/2008/09/21/how_brunei_lost_its_northern_province |title=How Brunei lost its northern province |author=Rozan Yunos |newspaper=[[The Brunei Times]] |date=21 September 2008 |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617040008/http://www.bt.com.bn/life/2008/09/21/how_brunei_lost_its_northern_province |archive-date=17 June 2014 }}</ref> 

It is nicknamed "Land Below the Wind" (Negeri Di Bawah Bayu in [[Malay language]]) as the state lies below the [[typhoon]] belt of [[East Asia]] and is not often hit by typhoons.<ref name="land below the wind"/><ref name="Welman2017">{{cite book |author=Frans Welman |title=Borneo Trilogy Volume 2: Sabah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHVbz8SE6FQC&pg=PA125 |year= 2017 |publisher=Booksmango |isbn=978-616-245-079-2 |page=125}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Joo Tick Lim |author2=Azizan Abu Samah |title=Weather and climate of Malaysia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGwcAQAAMAAJ |year=2004 |publisher=University of Malaya Press |isbn=978-983-100-176-9}}</ref>