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Bạc Liêu

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạc Liêu.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bạc Liêu

  1. A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
  2. A city in Vietnam.

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See also

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Province-level divisions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in English (layout · text)
Municipalities: Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Đồng Nai · Hanoi · Haiphong · Hue · Ho Chi Minh City
Provinces: An Giang · Bắc Ninh · Cà Mau · Cao Bằng · Đắk Lắk · Điện Biên · Đồng Tháp · Gia Lai · Hà Tĩnh · Hưng Yên · Khánh Hoà · Lai Châu · Lạng Sơn · Lào Cai · Lâm Đồng · Nghệ An · Ninh Bình · Phú Thọ · Quảng Ngãi · Quảng Ninh · Quảng Trị · Sơn La · Tây Ninh · Thái Nguyên · Thanh Hoá · Tuyên Quang · Vĩnh Long

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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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

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    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ liəw˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ liw˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ liw˧˧]
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    Proper noun

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    Bạc Liêu

    1. Bạc Liêu (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
    2. Bạc Liêu (a city in Vietnam)

    Descendants

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    • → English: Bạc Liêu
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