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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Etymology
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 planned "hub" on the firth would make the hydrogen in a process using electricity generated by offshore and onshore wind farms.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2021
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
The firth is a 20-mile- long, eight-mile-wide strip of water dividing the islands with the mainland.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 5, 2011
Elsewhere at Telluride, director Weir will be given a Silver medallion award for his contribution to film, as will British actor Colin firth and Italy's Claudia Cardinale.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2010
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
NatureScot said the number of burrows occupied by the seabirds on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth had fallen by 30% in the last two years.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Colin Firth described the film as a "rollercoaster" that explores empathy, fear and humanity's response to the unknown and said viewers "will be left with a lot of conversation points".
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
In a translation by Will Firth, the novel follows the disgraced politician’s desperate attempt to restore his reputation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
“This was a huge counterparty to a number of big banks who seem to have absolutely no idea what was going on,” said Edward Firth, a banking analyst at KBW in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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
Great numbers of this whale are often caught in the deep bays and firths of Shetland and Orkney.
From Old Jack by William Henry Giles Kingston
From the speech of his elders Biorn made his picture of the world beyond the firths.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
Now we would be lurking on the mainland, now skulking on one of the islands or crossing rough firths in crazy boats that leaked like a sieve.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
Gestumblindi said: Who are the brides who go about the reefs and trail along the firths?
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Nora Kershaw
For you shall granite peaks uprise As old and scornful as your race, And fringed with firths of lucent dyes The jewelled beach your limbs embrace.
From Ionica by William (AKA William Johnson) Cory
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