Siliau

Siliau
Town in Malaysia
Other transcription(s)
• Tamil	சிலியாவ்
Siliau Siliau in Negeri Sembilan, Malay Peninsular and Malaysia Siliau Siliau (Peninsular Malaysia) Siliau Siliau (Malaysia)
Coordinates:
Country	Malaysia
State	Negeri Sembilan
District	Seremban
Time zone	UTC+8 (MYT)
Postal code	71100

Siliau (Tamil: சிலியாவ்) is a small town in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The origin of the name is disputed but one source has it that it derives from the colloquial Hokkien dialect brought by southern Hokkien emigrants to Malaysia in the late 19th century. According to a local tradition, a group of Hokkien emigrants purchased a parcel of land in the Lukut district in 1903 through a middleman. Their intention was to farm the land. When they actually arrived to take possession of their land and saw how barren and infertile it was, a man threw up his hand in despair and said si liau, which is colloquial Hokkien for "we're finished."