mount kina balu

This will be a really short post.

Historically....Mt kinabalu.

Once there were chinese traders who traded and lived along the coast (and inland) of what is now Sabah. Some of them married the local women. No surprises.

However, one of these traders died one day. The wife of this trader, grieving, went back to the mountain.

Widow.
Mountain.
Chinese.

So, Mt balu china. Corrupted to Mt Kinabalu. Attributed to Tan Sri Ani Arope.