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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Middle English. countable

   "Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker."

2. 2
   A placename, from the surname:; A town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   A placename, from the surname:; A ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A placename, from the surname:; A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
5. 5
   A placename, from the surname:; A village in Holt County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"What is your favourite film by Kathryn Bigelow?"

Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.