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1. WordNet® 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)

2. 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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Firth \Firth\ (f[~e]rth), n. [Scot. See Frith.] (Geog.)
   An arm of the sea; a frith.
   [1913 Webster]

4. 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


5. 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


Thesaurus Results for Firth:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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