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beegah

beegah is the alternative form of bigha.

Meaning of bigha

Noun

bigha (plural bighas)

  1. (Bangladesh, India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
    • Colonel Watson had, within a brick wall, at least four hundred begahs of land, which the East India Company had executed a grant of to him to construct docks […] .1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208

Forms of beegah

pluralbeegahs

Questions about beegah

What is beegah the alternative form of?
Beegah is the alternative form of bigha.

Words near beegah in the dictionary

  1. beefwood
  2. beefwoods
  3. beefy
  4. beefy die
  5. beeg
  6. beegah
  7. beegahs
  8. beeger
  9. beegerite
  10. beegest
  11. beegha

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