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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The surrounding area was used for training troops during the war, and the firth was defended during World War Two.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 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
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
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
“We’ve not had to cancel a game in two years,” said John Amis, chair at the Bass Rock Cricket Club, which plays across from Elie on the southern side of the Firth of Forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The films – released in 2014 and 2017 – saw Egerton play Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, while Firth played his mentor Harry Hart.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now, the Oscar-winning director is returning to that theme once again with Disclosure Day, a sci-fi thriller starring Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colman Domingo, Colin Firth and Eve Hewson.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 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
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
He carried the Roman eagles to the Forth and Clyde, fixing his main line of defence and his northmost frontier on the isthmus between these two firths.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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
The coasts are deeply indented with numerous bays and fiords or firths, which, when traced inland, are almost invariably found to terminate against glaciers.
From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Ignatius Donnelly
Next spring Njal said to Atli—"I wish that thou wouldst change thy abode to the east firths, so that Hallgerda may not put an end to thy life".
From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent
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