Queensferry

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

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south queensferry

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.

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