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Ferry

The English word “Ferry” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Greene County, Ohio, United States.

Etymology

Two main origins: * A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fearadhaigh (“descendant of Fearadhach”), a personal name probably derived from an adjective derivative of fear (“man”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a ferryman or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a ferry crossing, from Middle English feri (“ferry”).

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