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bighas

bighas is the plural 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

Questions about bighas

What is bighas the plural of?
Bighas is the plural of bigha.

Words near bighas in the dictionary

  1. bigguns
  2. biggy
  3. bigha
  4. Bigham
  5. Bighams
  6. bighas
  7. bighead
  8. bighead carp
  9. bighead carps
  10. bigheaded
  11. bigheaded ant

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