 Bahau is literally translated as "Horse's Mouth" while the nearby town, Mahsan means "Horse's Body" in Cantonese.In addition, there's a linkage town called Tampin bordered with Malacca, locals nickname as Mahmei, means "Horse's Tail" in Cantonese.The earliest recorded role of the area around Bahau is as a town along the "Denai Penarikan", a water-land route through the interior of Peninsular Malaysia, linking Muar in the West Coast, to Pekan, Pahang in the East Coast.