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firth

noun
🔊/fɜːθ/
🔊/fɜːrθ/
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  1. (especially in Scottish place names) a narrow area of the sea that runs a long way into the land, or a part of a river where it flows into the sea（尤用于苏格兰地名）狭长海湾，河流入海口
    • the Moray Firth马里湾
    • the Firth of Clyde克莱德湾
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (originally Scots), from Old Norse fjǫrthr. Compare with fjord.