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Haigh

Haigh proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Haigh (countable and uncountable, plural Haighs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD6009).
  3. A small village in Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire and Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2912).

Forms of Haigh

pluralHaighs

Origin of Haigh

English surname, derived from the place in Yorkshire. It derives from Old English haga (“enclosure”).

Questions about Haigh

What does Haigh mean?
Haigh means a surname.
What part of speech is Haigh?
Haigh is a proper noun.

Words near Haigh in the dictionary

  1. Haig
  2. Haigang
  3. Haigazian
  4. Haigazians
  5. haigerachite
  6. Haigh
  7. Haighs
  8. Haight
  9. Haight-Ashbury
  10. Haights
  11. Haigler

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