firth
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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: {Firth}, {J. R. Firth}, {John Rupert
Firth}]
2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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)
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)
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
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
[email protected]