Bạc Liêu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạc Liêu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbækljeɪʊ/ === Proper noun === Bạc Liêu A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025). A city in Vietnam. ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Vietnamese == === Etymology === Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 薄寮 (“poor neighborhood”), but almost certainly of Khmer origin, probably ពលលាវ (pŭəlliəw, “Laotian post/stronghold”) like what the Khmers still call it, since troops of the Lao Kingdom of Champasak used to maintain a military post here. The Chinese characters are simply phonograms. In the past, this place name was also written as 北遼 (SV: Bắc Liêu) because the negative connotation of the character 薄. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ liəw˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ liw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ liw˧˧] === Proper noun === Bạc Liêu Bạc Liêu (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025) Bạc Liêu (a city in Vietnam) ==== Descendants ==== → English: Bạc Liêu