Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

higgins

/ˈhɪɡɪnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: hig-gins
IPA: /ˈhɪɡɪnz/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.

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A place name, which could be of either etymology:

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A place name, which could be of either etymology:

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A place name, which could be of either etymology:

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A place name, which could be of either etymology:

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An English surname transferred from the given name.

Example Sentences

"In 2024, House Republicans voted to censure Higgins for offensive remarks he made on social media after he called Haiti "the nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and referred to Haitians as "eating pets" and "slapstick gangsters"."

Etymology

An anglicised version of Irish Ó hUiginn (“descendant of a Viking”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ó hUiginn, -

Inflected Forms

Higgin (alternative) O'Higgin (alternative) Higgans (alternative) Higgens (alternative) O'Higgins (alternative)

Rhymes With

wiggins riggins biggins figgins diggins miggins kiggins mrs miggins

Questions

How do you pronounce higgins?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪɡɪnz/.
What does higgins mean?: A surname from Irish, from County Sligo.
Where does higgins come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce higgins

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