"Biggar" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Biggars [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|bygg||barley}} Old Norse bygg (“barley”), {{m|non|geiri||gore, triangular plot of land}} geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Biggars}} Biggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)
  1. A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Cumbria, England, Places in England, Villages in Cumbria, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Biggar-en-name-h87fmHNV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 1 9 39
  2. A town and civil parish of South Lanarkshire council area, Lanarkshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NT045375). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Scotland, Places in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Towns in Scotland, Towns in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Sense id: en-Biggar-en-name-oFlI1-p3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 1 9 39
  3. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Saskatchewan, Towns in Canada, Towns in Saskatchewan
    Sense id: en-Biggar-en-name-W3A2XT6X
  4. The Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347, a rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Canada, Places in Saskatchewan, Rural municipalities of Saskatchewan
    Sense id: en-Biggar-en-name-XvpZ1QHw
  5. A habitational surname from Old Norse. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Biggar-en-name-xMgiXQXH Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 1 9 39

Inflected forms

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