"Bạc Liêu" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbækljeɪʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạc Liêu. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|vi|Bạc Liêu}} Vietnamese Bạc Liêu Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Bạc Liêu
  1. A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025). Categories (place): Places in Vietnam Related terms (Municipalities): Cần Thơ · Da Nang · Hanoi · Haiphong · Hue · Ho Chi Minh City Related terms (Provinces): An Giang · Bắc Ninh · Cà Mau · Cao Bằng · Đắk Lắk · Điện Biên · Đồng Nai · 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 Translations (former province of Vietnam): 薄寮 (Bóliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), Bạc Liêu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Bạc_Liêu-en-name-clIRfwxx Categories (other): Bạc Liêu Province, Vietnam, Former political divisions, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 8 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 5 34 34 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 30 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'Municipalities': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'Provinces': 73 27 Disambiguation of 'former province of Vietnam': 64 36
  2. A city in Vietnam. Categories (place): Cities in Vietnam, Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Bạc_Liêu-en-name-mkEw05O0 Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 30 27 25 19

Proper name [Vietnamese]

IPA: [ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ liəw˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ liw˧˧] [Huế], [ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨ liw˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: Bac Lieu.ogg
Etymology: Superficially Sino-Vietnamese word from 薄寮 (“poor neighborhood”), but almost certainly of Khmer origin, probably ពលលាវ (pɔɔlliəw, “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. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|薄寮}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|薄寮|poor neighborhood}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 薄寮 (“poor neighborhood”), {{bor|vi|km|-}} Khmer Head templates: {{head|vi|proper noun|head=Bạc Liêu|tr=}} Bạc Liêu, {{vi-proper noun|head=Bạc Liêu}} Bạc Liêu
  1. Bạc Liêu (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025) Categories (place): Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Bạc_Liêu-vi-name-412jQej0 Categories (other): Bạc Liêu Province, Vietnam, Former political divisions, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 8 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 5 34 34 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 30 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. Bạc Liêu (a city in Vietnam) Categories (place): Cities in Vietnam, Places in Vietnam
    Sense id: en-Bạc_Liêu-vi-name-ChH2hsGs Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 8 31 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 5 34 34 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 30 27 25 19 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
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  "word": "Bạc Liêu"
}

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