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And on the east coast we have the Firth of Forth


And of course up in the north, the Moray Firth :-)

I wonder if there's anything referred to as "Firth" in a non-Scotland place, perhaps up in Canada or in NZ?

update: yes (in England, Germany, NZ and Antarctica)! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth#English_firths


And a bit further north there is the Pentland Firth which, of course, is nowhere near the Pentlands!


From wikipedia:

The name is presumed to be a corruption of the Old Norse "Petlandsfjörð",[1] meaning "the fjord of Pictland", and is completely unrelated to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentland_Firth


And for the ladies, there's Colin Firth.

downvotes?! no sense of humour.


That's a totally legit Firth, IMO




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