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Firth

Firth Meaning & Definition
Firth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Firth?

[n] a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
[n] 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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Firth: J. R. Firth | John Rupert Firth

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | estuary | Firth of Forth | linguist | linguistic scientist | Solway Firth

Firth In Webster's Dictionary

\Firth\, n. [Scot. See {Frith}.] (geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith.

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