English Explanatory Dictionary

Ferryhill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).
  2. An inner city area in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9305).

Pronunciation

/ˈfɛɹiˌhɪl/ /ˈfɛɹɪˌhɪl/

Word forms

Ferryhill

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Ferye on the Hill, for earlier Ferie, Feregenne (perhaps to distinguish it from Ferrybridge), from Anglian Old English fergen (“wooded mountain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fergunī, from Proto-Germanic *fergunją. For the phonological development, compare eerie and dialectal swally (“to swallow”).

Derived words

Ferryhill Station
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