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Biggar

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  1. 1
    A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A town and civil parish of South Lanarkshire council area, Lanarkshire, Scotland (OS grid ref NT045375). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A town in Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A habitational surname from Old Norse. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Probably from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + geiri (“gore, triangular plot of land”), or from Old English beow + Old English gāra, same meaning.

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