# Ferryhill

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfɛɹiˌhɪl/

## Definitions
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).

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ferryhill