Firth,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frith \Frith\ (fr[i^]th), n. [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r[eth]r;
     akin to Sw. fj[aum]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See
     {Ford}, n., and cf. {Firth}, {Fiord}, {Fret} a frith, {Port}
     a harbor.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Geog.) A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening


        of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth. Also
        called {firth}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firth \Firth\ (f[~e]rth), n. [Scot. See {Frith}.] (Geog.)
     An arm of the sea; a frith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Firth
       n 1: English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and
            to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his
            insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context
            (1890-1960) [syn: {J. R. Firth}, {John Rupert Firth}]
       2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "firth":
     arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, cove, creek, estuary,
     euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, kyle, loch, mouth,
     narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, reach, road, roads,
     roadstead, sound, strait, straits
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Firth, ID (city, FIPS 27910)
    Location: 43.30560 N, 112.18313 W
    Population (1990): 429 (149 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 83236
  Firth, NE (village, FIPS 16935)
    Location: 40.53435 N, 96.60399 W
    Population (1990): 471 (174 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68358

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Firth, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    564
     Housing Units (2000): 200
     Land area (2000):     0.304447 sq. miles (0.788515 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.005747 sq. miles (0.014884 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.310194 sq. miles (0.803399 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            16935
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             40.534344 N, 96.605691 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68358
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Firth, NE
      Firth
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Firth, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
     Population (2000):    408
     Housing Units (2000): 148
     Land area (2000):     0.190681 sq. miles (0.493861 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.190681 sq. miles (0.493861 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            27910
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             43.305519 N, 112.183938 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     83236
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Firth, ID
      Firth