bigha

English

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Noun

bigha (plural bighas)

  1. (India) A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre. [from 18th c.]
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 208:
      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 […] .

Translations
land measure unit

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Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: big‧ha
  • IPA(key): /biɡˈhaʔ/, [bɪɡˈhaʔ]

Noun

bighâ

  1. (astronomy) nebula
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