Bồ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 葡.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓo˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓow˨˩]
• Homophone: bồ

Proper noun

Bồ

1. (only in compounds) Luso-; Portugal

   Từ điển Việt-Bồ-La ― Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum; the Annamite-Portuguese-Latin Dictionary

   bán đảo Bồ Tây ― the Iberian Peninsula (literally, “the Luso-Spanish peninsula”)