A boat designed specifically to transport passengers and vehicles across water, usually on a regular scheduled route.
From ferry + boat. Ferry comes from Old Norse ferja, while boat comes from Old Norse bátr, showing how this compound word preserves the Norse origins of water transport vocabulary.
The world's busiest ferryboat routes are in Asia—the Star Ferry in Hong Kong carries millions of passengers yearly, making it one of the oldest continuously operated commercial transportation services on Earth.
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