Higgins

//ˈhɪɡɪnz// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.

    "In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters"."

  2. 2
    An English surname transferred from the given name.
  3. 3
    A place name, which could be of either etymology:; A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  4. 4
    A place name, which could be of either etymology:; A township in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States.
  5. 5
    A place name, which could be of either etymology:; An unincorporated community in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States.
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  1. 6
    A place name, which could be of either etymology:; A town in Lipscomb County, Texas, United States, named after G. H. Higgins, Santa Fe Railway stockholder.

Example

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"On the way to London Mr Higgins told Tom and Susie many interesting things."

Etymology

Etymology 1

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

Etymology 2

A Middle English patronymic surname derived from a diminutive of Hick (Richard).

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county sligo

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