Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Hindu land-measure, locally varying in extent, but usually regarded as equal to from one third to two thirds of an English acre. The bega of Calcutta is 1,600 square yards, or about a third of an acre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
bigha .
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- noun Alternative form of
bigha .
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I have said since the day one the election bega, that I will NOT vote for Barack, I will NOT vote for Hussein, and I will NOT vote for Obsama.
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The dispute between the two strategic allies bega ... digg
Harut Sassounian: Major American-Jewish Organizations may no Longer Back Turkey in Congress 2009
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But imagine our astonishment when an otherwise presentable and talented young man bega ...
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But imagine our astonishment when an otherwise presentable and talented young man bega ...
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Polish leaders marked the 70th anniversary of World War II in a somber ceremony at dawn Tuesday on the Baltic peninsula where the conflict bega, hailing those who gave their lives to defeat Nazi Germany.
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The dispute between the two strategic allies bega ...
Harut Sassounian: Major American-Jewish Organizations may no Longer Back Turkey in Congress 2009
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This is the view from the top of the Delphi looking down at the theater (where they bega the Pythian Games) and then the Temple of Apollo where the oracle sat and did her thing (it's also where Oedipus killed his father, married his mother, then flipped out).
08/27/2007 2007
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It bega -- it -- w-- the -- the hearings were held in 1912, but the impetus for it really came from the panic of 1907, when Morgan single-handedly stopped this terrible panic.
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"You can come with us, Tas," he bega n, only to be interrupted by a horrified "He cannot!" from Flint.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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¶ Whome hast thou seruyd syth the worlde bega {n} ryghwysnesse,
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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