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firth

Pronunciation: /fəːθ/

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noun

a narrow inlet of the sea; an estuary: [in place names]:the Moray Firth

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Middle English (originally Scots), from Old Norse fjǫrthr (see fjord)

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monocular

/ məˈnɒkjʊlə

adjective , noun

with, for, or in one eye …

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