Editing Sarawak (section)

== Etymology ==
[[File:Buceros rhinoceros -Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Malaysia-8a (1).jpg|thumbnail|left|The [[rhinoceros hornbill]] is the [[State emblems of Malaysia|state bird]] of Sarawak.|alt=A black bird with white underbelly, white beak and red-orange horn perching on a branch]]
The generally-accepted explanation of the state's name is that it is derived from the [[Sarawak Malay]] word ''Serawak'', which means [[antimony]].<ref name="etymology">{{cite web |url=http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=35 |title=Origin of Place Names – Sarawak |publisher=[[National Library of Malaysia]] |year=2000 |access-date=3 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209105740/http://sejarahmalaysia.pnm.my/portalBI/list.php?ttl_id=35&section=sm03 |archive-date=9 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A popular alternative explanation is that it is a contraction of the four Malay words purportedly uttered by Pangeran Muda Hashim (uncle to the [[Sultan of Brunei]]), "''Saya serah pada awak''" (I surrender it to you), when he gave Sarawak to [[James Brooke]], an English explorer, in 1841.<ref name="etymology"/> However, the latter explanation is incorrect: the territory had been named Sarawak before the arrival of James Brooke, and the word ''awak'' was not in the vocabulary of Sarawak Malay before the formation of Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kris |first1=Jitab |title=Wrong info on how Sarawak got its name |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1295&dat=19910223&id=xJVUAAAAIBAJ&pg=6766,1316351&hl=en |access-date=14 November 2015 |publisher=New Sunday Times |date=23 February 1991}}</ref> The area of today's Sarawak was known as '''Cerava''' by Portuguese cartographers in the 16th century.

Sarawak is nicknamed "Land of the Hornbills" (''Bumi Kenyalang''). These birds are important cultural symbols for the Dayak people, representing the spirit of God. It is also believed that if a hornbill is seen flying over residences, it will bring good luck to the local community. Sarawak has eight of the world's fifty-four species of hornbills, and the [[Rhinoceros hornbill]] is the state bird of Sarawak.<ref>{{cite news |title=The magnificent hornbills of Sarawak |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/12/the-magnificent-hornbills-of-sarawak/ |access-date=17 January 2017 |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=12 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806050124/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/12/the-magnificent-hornbills-of-sarawak/ |archive-date=6 August 2015}}</ref>