9 definitions found for firth

Firth n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) [syn: Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth] 2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

firth frith

firth noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse fjǫrthr — more at ford Date: 14th century estuary

firth
n. (also frith)
1 a narrow inlet of the sea.
2 an estuary.
Etymology: ME (orig. Sc.) f. ON fjörthr FIORD

firth fə:θ n. (also frith) 1 a narrow inlet of the sea. 2 an estuary. [ME (orig. Sc.) f. ON fjærthr FIORD]

Firth Firth, n. [Scot. See Frith.] (geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith.

Firth, ID (city, FIPS 27910) Location: 43.30560 N, 112.18313 W Population (1990): 429 (149 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83236

Firth, NE (village, FIPS 16935) Location: 40.53435 N, 96.60399 W Population (1990): 471 (174 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68358

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "firth": arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straits