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bega

bega 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

Proper noun capitalized: Bega

Bega (plural Begas)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in the Bega Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of bega

Noun
pluralbegas
Proper noun
pluralBegas

Origin of bega

Spanish surname, variant of Vega.

Phrases with bega

Questions about bega

What does bega mean?
Bega means a surname.
What is bega the alternative form of?
Bega is the alternative form of bigha.
What part of speech is bega?
Bega is a proper noun.

Words near bega in the dictionary

  1. beg someone's pardon
  2. beg the question
  3. beg to differ
  4. beg yours
  5. beg, borrow, or steal
  6. bega
  7. Bega Valley
  8. begab
  9. begabled
  10. begabs
  11. begad

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bega (page history and authors); Bega (page history and authors); bigha (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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