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ferryhill

/ˈfɛɹiˌhɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
fer-ry-hill
IPA
/ˈfɛɹiˌhɪl/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).

name

An inner city area in Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9305).

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Ferryhill Station

Questions

How do you pronounce ferryhill?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛɹiˌhɪl/.
What does ferryhill mean?
A town and civil parish with a town council in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2932).
Where does ferryhill come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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