The second part of the name, -bo, means district or region.

The word kraj can mean end or extremity, or region or area.

Later, it was known as "Madhyadesh" which means central region.

This often means a whole state, region, or large city.

Alternately, the term Pallar may derive from the word pallam, meaning a pit or low-lying region.

The Dutch word streek means region.

Some sources say the word "humptulips" means "hard to pole" while others say it means "chilly region".

The name Bela krajina literally means 'white region'.

There also exists an alternative theory that it means rocky region.

The word khsetra means region in Sanskrit.