firth
noun
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
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firth
1 American
[furth]
/ fɜrθ /
Also
frith
noun
Chiefly Scot.
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
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
More than a dozen parks and green spaces in the city will host the two-hour sessions, including Firth Park, Greenhill Park and Gleadless Common.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
“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
The number of Americans flittin’ to the Firth of Forth is no accident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 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
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 Kershaw, Nora
From thence they sailed along the eastern coast of the land, into the nearest firths, to a promontory which there projected, and which was everywhere overgrown with wood.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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 Press, Muriel A.C.
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 Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)
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 Donnelly, Ignatius
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