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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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);


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]
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]
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)
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
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
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