NAME OF SABAH comes from the Bajau of Sulu

Known as 'banana saba' which is a type of fruit called "SABBAH" or "SAPPAH" by the Bajau people, Sulu, the most popular made of fried bananas. Bananas are grown throughout the west coast of Sabah as a food source. 'Banana Saba', also known as the 'Jaba' the Bajau community in the state. Now a 'banana saba' better known as the banana down.




According to the legend of the Bajau people, Sulu, SABAH word first used by the ancestors of Tun Datu Mustapha who was the youngest son of the Sultan of Sulu. His ancestors had decided to stay in the Kinabatangan and refused to return to the defense and military Ѕulu Кerajaan Ѕulu in Tawi-Tawi, which is the Government of Sulu Last Defense Center has suffered defeat at the hands of Spanish troops who were then being at war with Кerajaan Government of Sulu and Brunei. His ancestors, together with followers of warrior-hero Bajau, Irranun Ѕuluk and landed in the Kinabatangan. When they arrived at the Kinabatangan find banana trees that grow in the Kinabatangan River. They do not know the exact name and type of banana tree that has fruit in terms of angular and relatively large-itu.Dalam Bajau-Sulu, referred to as fruit or Sappah Sabbah. They often mention and named the first place they tempati as Sabah and the name continued to be used in their daily until it is used to refer to the states at present.

The name 'Sabah' was first used in 15th century by traders who traveled between the Government of Brunei and the Sulu Archipelago. In short, the name 'Sabah' has been used since before the arrival of the North Borneo Chartered Company and British again.

After the state taken over by the North Borneo Chartered Company, the name 'Sabah' was changed to "North Borneo" was officially in 1881. The state capital of Sabah is the first Kudat (1881). However, the name 'Sabah' re-used in 1963 after the state joined Malaysia.

Post poems written by Java Nagarakertagama Prapancha in Sabah as saying in 1365 'Sudang. In the post Marco Polo when he stopped at Boneo, Sulawesi (Indonesia), then known as the "Mount Van" which may refer to the island of Borneo.