- (the) Solway Firth
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the part of the ↑Irish Sea that separates north-west England from south-west Scotland.
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(the) Solway Firth
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Solway Firth — The Solway Firth is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway. It stretches from St Bees Head, just south of Whitehaven in Cumbria, to the Mull of… … Wikipedia
Solway Firth Spaceman — Jim Templeton s photograph. The Solway Firth Spaceman (also known as the Solway Spaceman and the Cumberland Spaceman) refers to a photograph taken by Jim Templeton in 1964 at Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands and overlooking the Solway… … Wikipedia
Solway Firth — [säl′wā] arm of the Irish Sea, between England & Scotland: c. 40 mi (64 km) long … English World dictionary
Solway Firth — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Firth. Solway Firth Carte du Solway Firth. Géographie humaine … Wikipédia en Français
Solway Firth — noun a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland • Instance Hypernyms: ↑firth • Part Holonyms: ↑Great Britain, ↑GB … Useful english dictionary
Solway Firth — /sɒlweɪ ˈfɜθ/ (say solway ferth) noun an arm of the Irish Sea between south western Scotland and north western England. 60 km long …
Solway Firth — Sol′way Firth′ [[t]ˈsɒl weɪ[/t]] n. geg an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 mi. (61 km) long … From formal English to slang
SOLWAY FIRTH — an arm of the Irish Sea, and in its upper part forming the estuary of the river Esk, separating Cumberland from the S. of Scotland (Kirkcudbright and Dumfries); stretches inland from Balcarry Point 36 m., and from 2 to 20 m. broad; receives… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Solway Firth — /sol way/ an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 mi. (61 km) long. * * * Inlet of the Irish Sea. On the border between northwestern England and southwestern Scotland, it extends inland for 38 mi (61 km). It is a… … Universalium
Firth — is the Lowland Scots word used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland. It is usually a large sea bay, which may be part of an estuary, or just an inlet, or even a strait. It is cognate to fjord (both from Proto Germanic *ferþuz) which has a … Wikipedia
