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    firth
    /fəːθ/

    noun

    • 1. a narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary: "the Moray Firth"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFIRTH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    FIRTH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of firth in English. firth. noun [ C ] Scottish English uk / fɜːθ / us / fɝːθ / Add to word list. a long strip of sea reaching into the land: the Firth of Forth. Travel Ink/Gallo Images/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Parts of watercourses. artesian well. backwater.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › firthFirth Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. ˈfərth. Synonyms of firth. : estuary. Synonyms. arm. bay. bight. cove. creek [ chiefly British] embayment. estuary. fjord. fiord. gulf. inlet. loch [ Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of firth in a Sentence. the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › FirthFirth - Wikipedia

    Firth is a word in the English and Scots languages used to denote various coastal waters in the United Kingdom, predominantly within Scotland. In the Northern Isles, it more often refers to a smaller inlet. It is linguistically cognate to fjord (both from Proto-Germanic * ferþuz ), which has a more constrained sense in English.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › firthFIRTH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Firth definition: a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.. See examples of FIRTH used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryFIRTH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    a long strip of sea reaching into the land: the Firth of Forth. Travel Ink/Gallo Images/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Parts of watercourses. artesian well. backwater. basin. confluence. drainage basin. estuarine. estuary. interbasin. interchannel. lock-keeper. meander. midstream. mouth. narrows. reach. spring. subbasin.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishfirth noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    A firth is a narrow area of the sea or a river that runs into the land. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use this word in Scottish place names and examples.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFIRTH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. a relatively narrow inlet of the sea, esp in Scotland. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C15: from Old Norse fjörthr fiord. Word Frequency. firth in American English. (fɜrθ ) noun. a narrow inlet or arm of the sea; estuary. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.