Etymology

wigan

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Latin vicus
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wigan · noun1

From Wigan (“town in Greater Manchester”).

Wigan · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromvicus“town”
  2. English todayWigan

From Proto-Brythonic, ultimately probably from Latin vicus (“town”) + a diminutive suffix (cf. Welsh gwig + -an).

Words from the same roots

Latinvicus all →

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