derry
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈdɛɹi/
Definition of derry
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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(countable, uncountable)A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
“There was music there in the Derry air / Like a language that we could all understand”
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name
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(countable, uncountable)A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
“There was music there in the Derry air / Like a language that we could all understand”
- (countable, uncountable)One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.
- (countable, uncountable)A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
- (countable, uncountable)A borough and township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- (countable, uncountable)A number of townships in Illinois (1) and Pennsylvania (4), United States, listed under Derry Township.
- (countable, uncountable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A male given name.
intj
- (archaic)A meaningless refrain or chorus.
noun
- (Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable)Dislike.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.
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