Derry.
A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
Meaning & usage
A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
A borough and township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A number of townships in Illinois (1) and Pennsylvania (4), United States, listed under Derry Township.
A surname.
A male given name.
Where this word comes from
From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.
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