Derry

See also: derry

English

Etymology

From Irish Doire, from doire (“oak grove”), from Old Irish daire (“oak forest”), from Proto-Celtic *daru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɹi/

Proper noun

Derry (countable and uncountable, plural Derrys)

1. A city in northwestern Northern Ireland; also known as Londonderry.
   • 1973, Phil Coulter (lyrics and music), “The Town I Loved So Well”:

     There was music there in the Derry air / Like a language that we could all understand

2. One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.
3. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
4. A borough and township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. A number of townships in Illinois (1) and Pennsylvania (4), United States, listed under Derry Township.
6. A surname.
7. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The naming of Derry / Londonderry is controversial; see Derry/Londonderry name dispute.

Translations

city in Northern Ireland

• Armenian: Դերրի (Derri)
• Bengali: ডেরি (ḍeri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德里 (zh) (Délǐ)

• Gujarati: ડેરી (ḍerī)
• Hindi: डेरी (hi) (ḍerī)
• Irish: Doire m
• Japanese: デリー (ja)
• Kannada: ಡೆರ್ರಿ (ḍerri)
• Korean: 데리 (deri)
• Malayalam: ഡെറി (ḍeṟi)
• Punjabi: ਡੇਰੀ (ḍerī)
• Sinhalese: ඩෙරී (ḍerī)
• Tamil: டெர்ரி (ṭerri)
• Telugu: డెర్రీ (ḍerrī)
• Urdu: ڈیری (ḍerī)

county in Northern Ireland

• Irish: Doire m, Contae Dhoire m

Anagrams

• Dryer, Ryder, dryer, redry, ryder