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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Narrow \Nar"row\, noun; pl. {Narrows}. A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow. --Gladstone.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrows": arm, armlet, bay, bayou, belt, bight, boca, bottleneck, canal, channel, cove, creek, defile, estuary, euripus, fjord, frith, gulf, gut, harbor, inlet, isthmus, kyle, loch, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, natural harbor, neck, pass, reach, road, roads, roadstead, sound, strait, straits, throat
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Narrows, KY Zip code(s): 42358 Narrows, VA (town, FIPS 54904) Location: 37.33138 N, 80.80909 W Population (1990): 2082 (929 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24124
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Narrows, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia Population (2000): 2111 Housing Units (2000): 971 Land area (2000): 1.279603 sq. miles (3.314156 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.055472 sq. miles (0.143672 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.335075 sq. miles (3.457828 sq. km) FIPS code: 54904 Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51 Location: 37.331818 N, 80.808477 W ZIP Codes (1990): 24124 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Narrows, VA Narrows
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