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Temerloh is a large district in Pahang and is situated 61 kilometers south of Jerantut. It is also called Kuala Semantan because it is here that the Semantan and Pahang Rivers meet. The meaning of the place name Temerloh is one instance where legend and linguistics are tangled up. Merloh means 'sleep' and the prefix ter denotes 'unintentional'. Hence the word temerloh means 'to fall asleep unintentionally'. Several years ago there was a big durian planation on the Temerloh Island owned by a Malay chief who employed an aborigine to collect the fruits in the morning. Normally the collection was good but one day only a few durians were collected. The aborigine, when asked for an explanation admitted that while he was asleep thieves had broken in. His actual reply was, "Temerloh, Dato!". The Dato, as a result, named the island 'Temerloh'. Gradually the surrounding area came to be called Temerloh.
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