Meaning & History
From Teochew 薄遼 (po liaw) meaning "meagre hamlet".
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Meaning & History
Perhaps from Sino-Vietnamese 薄 (bạc) meaning "miserable, poor" and 寮 (liêu) meaning "neighbourhood, village". Alternately it may be derived from Khmer ប៉ុស្តិ៍ (poh) meaning "post, station" or ពល (pol) meaning "troops, forces" and លាវ (leav) meaning "Lao". This is the name of a province of, as well as a city in, Vietnam.