KOORDINAT / COORDINATES
2.201545° N, 102.280703° E (2° 12' 5.5614" N 102° 16' 50.5308" E)

LOKASI
Semabok adalah sebuah pekan yang terletak di daerah Melaka Tengah, Melaka (Semabok, 2014). Ianya terletak 5.6 km ke arah Timur Bandar Hilir menggunakan Jalan 5.

LOCATION
Semabok is a small town located in the district of Melaka Tengah, Melaka (Semabok, 2014). It is located 5.6km to the East of Bandar Hilir using Route 5.

TOPONOMI
Diceritakan bahawa pada zaman penjajahan British di Melaka, ada seorang pegawai British yang bertugas di kawasan ini. Pegawai ini dipanggil “Sir” (/sə/) oleh penduduk tempatan yang bermakna “Tuan” dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Malangnya, pegawai berkenaan selalu dalam keadaan mabuk (dahulunya dieja sebagai “mabok”) sehinggakan penduduk-penduduk tempatan menggelarkannya “Sir Mabuk”. Bunyi “Sir” dalam “Sir Mabuk”, jika dieja dalam Bahasa Melayu sama seperti “Se”; justeru, tempat ini lama kelamaannya dinamakan dan dieja sebagai “Semabok”, sesuai dengan sistem ejaan bahasa Melayu (Budakbaik, 2009).

TOPONYMY
Residents were told that during the British colonisation, there was a British officer working at the place who was addressed by the locals as “Sir”. The British officer, however, was a drunkard. The Malay word for “drunkard” is “mabuk”, which was once spelled as “mabok”). Naturally, the British officer was referred as “Sir Mabuk” (Drunkard Sir) by the locals. The place where the British officer worked was later coined as “Sir Mabuk” and was subsequently transliterated as “Semabok” to suit the Malay spelling system. (Budakbaik, 2009).

TARIKAN

1. Bukit Senjuang (St. John’s Hill), Padang Pahlawan, Bukit St. Paul, 'A' Farmosa, Stadhuys, Tokong Sam Po Kong, Perigi Hang Li Po.

ATTRACTION

1. St. John’s Hill, Padang Pahlawan, St. Paul’s Hill, 'A' Farmosa, Stadhuys, Tokong Sam Po Kong, Perigi Hang Li Po.

REFERENCES
budakbaik. (2009). Nama Tempat Unik di Melaka. [Blog post comment]. Retrieved at August 19, 2014 from http://ligakampung.com/blog/nama-tempat-unik-di-melaka/
Semabok Inn. (2014). Retrieved at August 19, 2014 from http://www.asiarooms.com/ms-my/hotel-reservations/240184_semabok-inn-melaka.aspxSemabok. (2014). Retrieved at August 19, 2014 from http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semabok