From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frith \Frith\ (fr[i^]th), noun [OE. firth, Icel. fj["o]r[eth]r; akin to Sw. fj["a]rd, Dan. fiord, E. ford. [root]78. See {Ford}, noun, and cf. {Firth}, {Fiord}, {Fret} a frith, {Port} a harbor.]
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}.
2. A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] --Carew.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Firth \Firth\ (f[~e]rth), noun [Scot. See {Frith}.] (Geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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: {J. R. Firth}, {John Rupert Firth}]
2: a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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
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