Biggar

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proper noun

A village in Barrow-in-Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD186662).

OriginOld Norse bygg ← Old English beow →
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Meanings

proper nounBiggar (countable and uncountable, plural Biggars)

plural Biggars

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishgāra
  2. Old Englishbeow
  3. Old Norsebygg“barley”
  4. EnglishBiggar

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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APA

Biggar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biggar

MLA

“Biggar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biggar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Biggar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Biggar.

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