Firth - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Firth :  (noun)
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)

Based on WordNet 2.0

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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