# Queensferry

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #86,670

## Definitions
1. A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3168).
2. A town on the Firth of Forth in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1378).
3. A locality in Bass Coast Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From queen + -s- + ferry
* In Flintshire, named in honour of Queen Victoria; previously Kingsferry.
* In Scotland, named after the Queen of Scots, Saint Margaret of Scotland.

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