Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wigan

/ˈwɪɡən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: wigan
IPA: /ˈwɪɡən/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.

noun

A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required."

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic, ultimately probably from Latin vicus (“town”) + a diminutive suffix (cf. Welsh gwig + -an).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -, vicus

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

wigans (plural)

Derived Forms

Wiganer Wiganese Wiganite

Phrases

Wigan kebab

Questions

How do you pronounce wigan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪɡən/.
What does wigan mean?: A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.
Where does wigan come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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