local derby

noun

A sports match between local rival teams.

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Meanings

nounlocal derby (plural local derbies)

plural local derbies

  1. A sports match between local rival teams.

    Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).

    2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58

    Synonyms: derby

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sports match between local rival teams.

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derby

Translations

Catalan derbi
  • derbia sports match between local rival teams
Dutch derby
  • derbya sports match between local rival teams
Finnish paikallisottelu
  • paikallisottelua sports match between local rival teams
German Derby, Lokalderby
  • Derbya sports match between local rival teams
  • Lokalderbya sports match between local rival teams
  • Regionalderbya sports match between local rival teams
Hebrew דֶּרְבִּי
  • דֶּרְבִּיa sports match between local rival teams
Indonesian tarkam, derbi
  • tarkama sports match between local rival teams
  • derbia sports match between local rival teams
Italian partita tra squadre locali
  • partita tra squadre localia sports match between local rival teams
Persian دربی, شهرآورد
  • دربی (derbi)a sports match between local rival teams
  • شهرآورد (šahr-âvard)a sports match between local rival teams
Polish derby
  • derbya sports match between local rival teams
Portuguese dérbi
  • dérbia sports match between local rival teams
Russian дерби
  • дерби (derbi)a sports match between local rival teams
Spanish derbi, clásico
  • derbia sports match between local rival teams
  • clásicoa sports match between local rival teams
Swedish derby
  • derbya sports match between local rival teams
Thai ดาร์บี้
  • ดาร์บี้a sports match between local rival teams
Turkish derbi
  • derbia sports match between local rival teams
Welsh gornest leol
  • gornest leola sports match between local rival teams
Cite this entry
APA

local derby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20derby

MLA

“local derby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20derby. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “local derby,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/local%20derby.

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