firth
noun
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
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firth
1 American
[furth]
/ fɜrθ /
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frith
noun
Chiefly Scot.
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firths
plural
Firth
2
American
[furth]
/ fɜrθ /
noun
firth
British
/ fɜːθ /
noun
firth
Scientific
/ fûrth /
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Origin of firth
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ), from Old Norse firth-, stem of fjǫrthr “fjord”
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A sheep spotted at the foot of steep cliffs on the shores of a Scottish firth has been dubbed Britain's loneliest sheep.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
After a slow start County went on to dominate with Ivan Sproule scoring his firth goal in as many starts to give County the lead 11 minutes from the break.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
The firth is a 20-mile- long, eight-mile-wide strip of water dividing the islands with the mainland.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 5, 2011
He could see the harbor too, and had watched Merry Midwife make her way down the firth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The startup’s seven-person full-time staff includes a physics Ph.D., two people with a master’s in mechanical engineering and one with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering, CEO Peter Firth said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
“If everything is working perfectly, I could pull my mom in and she could do the work,” Firth said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Fyrish Monument, near Alness, is a mock ruin called a folly on the summit of the hill Cnoc Fyrish, which overlooks the Cromarty Firth.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
For eastern areas of Northern Ireland and around the Moray Firth in eastern Scotland, afternoon highs could peak at around 21 or 22C.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Jason, because he’s handsome in a British film star kind of way, not a Depp or a Pitt, but a Firth, or a Jason Isaacs.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
"I am Biorn, and my father is King," he repeated to himself, the spell he had so often used when on the fells or the firths he had met fear.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
The territorial designation of Albany was formerly given to those parts of Scotland to the north of the firths of Clyde and Forth.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Livingstone then continued his journey north-eastward with Oswell to the large village of Linyanti, and shortly after discovered a river so large and mighty that it resembled one of the firths of Scotland.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
Now Kari and his fellows sailed south through Scotland's firths, and there they found men from the Southern isles.
From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown
Their daughter was Jorunn: she was a most beautiful woman, and very proud and extremely clever, and so was thought the best match in all the firths of the West.
From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Muriel A.C. Press
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