Wigan
/ˈwɪɡən/
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- an industrial town in northern England. In the Industrial Revolution it had important coal-mining and cotton industries. It is famous today for its Rugby League club, one of the oldest in England and the most successful in the history of the sport. George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier describes the life of poor people, especially the unemployed miners in the north of England during the 1930s.
威根（Wigan）：英格兰北部的工业城镇。在工业革命中，它拥有重要的煤矿和棉花产业。今天以橄榄球联赛俱乐部而闻名，该俱乐部是英格兰历史最悠久的俱乐部之一，也是这项运动历史上最成功的俱乐部。乔治·奥威尔（George Orwell）的著作《通往威根码头的道路》描述了穷人的生活，尤其是1930年代英格兰北部失业的矿工。