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Biggleswade

Biggleswade proper noun: a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).

Proper noun

Biggleswade

  1. A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).

Origin of Biggleswade

From the Old English personal name *Biccel + -s- + wæd (“ford”).

Questions about Biggleswade

What does Biggleswade mean?
Biggleswade means a market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1944).
What part of speech is Biggleswade?
Biggleswade is a proper noun.

Words near Biggleswade in the dictionary

  1. biggings
  2. biggins
  3. biggish
  4. biggishness
  5. biggity
  6. Biggleswade
  7. biggon
  8. biggons
  9. biggoted
  10. biggoty
  11. biggs

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