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bhiga

bhiga noun: a unit of land area used in India, Bangladesh, and Nepa that varies in size from one-third to one acre.

Noun

bhiga (plural bhiga)

  1. (measurement) A unit of land area used in India, Bangladesh, and Nepa that varies in size from one-third to one acre.
    • BIGHA Bhiga or Beegha a land measure varying in extent in different parts of India.1885, The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, third edition, volume 1, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 358
    • Janfu Ullah and his brother lived in Morizpur with about three bhiga of land.1995 February 23, Katy Gardner, Global Migrants, Local Lives : Travel and Transformation in Rural Bangladesh: Travel and Transformation in Rural Bangladesh, Clarendon Press, page 61

Forms of bhiga

pluralbhiga

Questions about bhiga

What does bhiga mean?
Bhiga means a unit of land area used in India, Bangladesh, and Nepa that varies in size from one-third to one acre.
What part of speech is bhiga?
Bhiga is a noun.
What is the plural of bhiga?
The plural of bhiga is bhiga.

Words near bhiga in the dictionary

  1. Bhelsa
  2. bhenchod
  3. bhenchods
  4. bher
  5. bhers
  6. bhiga
  7. bhikari
  8. bhikaris
  9. bhikkhu
  10. bhikkhuni
  11. bhikkhunis

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