FIRTH

firth

(noun) a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth

(noun) 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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

firth (plural firths)

An arm of the sea.

Synonyms

• frith

Hypernyms

• loch, sea loch

Etymology 2

Noun

firth (plural firths)

(Scottish) A frith; a wood, wooded country.

Anagrams

• Frith, frith

Etymology

Proper noun

Firth (plural Firths)

A surname.

A city and town in Idaho.

A village in Nebraska.

A village in Shetland, Scotland.

Anagrams

• Frith, frith

Source: Wiktionary


Firth, n. Etym: [Scot. See Frith.] (geog.)

Definition: An arm of the sea; a frith.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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