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Bigelow

US/ˈbɪɡəloʊ/

Bigelow proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Bigelow (countable and uncountable, plural Bigelows)

  1. (countable) A surname from Middle English.
    • Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of “The Hurt Locker.2009 June 21, Manohla Dargis, “Action!”, in The New York Times
  2. A town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States.
  3. A ghost town in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.
  4. A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A village in Holt County, Missouri, United States.

Forms of Bigelow

pluralBigelows
alternative formBiglow

Origin of Bigelow

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Middle English big (“big”) + low (“mound, hill”).

Questions about Bigelow

What does Bigelow mean?
Bigelow means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Bigelow?
Bigelow is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bigelow?
Bigelow is pronounced /ˈbɪɡəloʊ/ (US).

Words near Bigelow in the dictionary

  1. Bigbees
  2. bigboob
  3. Bigby
  4. Bigbys
  5. bigcreekite
  6. Bigelow
  7. Bigelows
  8. bigeminal
  9. bigeminals
  10. bigeminate
  11. bigeminated

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